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verb

censure

to express severe disapproval formally

In a sentence

Six example sentences with censure, each labelled with its topic.

  • The assembly voted to censure the minister for missing eleven consecutive committee hearings without sending any explanation.

    Politics

  • The bar association censured the attorney publicly, entering a written reprimand on a record that any client can search.

    Law

  • Tournament officials censured the team in a signed statement after they stalled the clock in three separate matches.

    Gaming

  • The medical council voted to censure the surgeon in writing for skipping the required checklist before three operations.

    Medicine

  • The journal formally censured the authors after finding that two figures had been reused from an earlier paper.

    Science

  • The league censured the coach in a public statement for criticizing the referees at length in his postgame interview.

    Basketball

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