Example Sentences

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Even through their success, she and McAnally felt as if they were censoring themselves by removing jokes and political themes to blend in on country radio.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Did you have the impression that they were censoring themselves in your presence?

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

"This school district does offer sexual education classes. If we were censoring, we would not offer anything on this topic whatsoever."

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2014

Because, writes the BBC, Reddit’s top yea-or-naysayers decided to demote it after reports emerged earlier this month claiming r/technology’s moderators were censoring several dozen words, among them “Anonymous,” “Bitcoin,” “Comcast,” “net neutrality,” “NSA” and “Snowden.”

From Time • Apr. 22, 2014

Passionately, Ben Bella told the crowd that Hassan's troops had seized Algiers Radio from his Political Bureau, were censoring Algiers' newspapers and interfering with the free movement of bureau members.

From Time Magazine Archive