censorship board

collocation in English

meaningsofcensorshipandboard

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censorship
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsen.sə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈsen.sɚ.ʃɪp/
the action of preventing part or the whole of a book, film, work of art, document, or other kind of communication from being seen or made available to the public, because it is considered to be offensive or harmful, or because it contains information that someone wishes to keep secret, often for ...
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board
noun
uk
/bɔːd/us
/bɔːrd/
a thin, flat piece of cut wood or other hard material, often used for a ...
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(Definition ofcensorshipandboardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead, local chapters supported suits brought by their members or other willing parties against police andcensorshipboardacts and supported suits by film distributors.
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He wanted a kind of bookcensorshipboard.
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The film has been approved for release and distribution inside the country by the country's officialcensorshipboard.
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A powerful state moviecensorshipboardkept subversive ideas away from the masses.
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Micheaux agreed to make some cuts in the film, while remarking that no other state orcensorshipboardhad objected or required changes.
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Ghatak and his team had to work hard to have the movie passed by thecensorshipboard.
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Instead, he filmed the movie himself with a low budget and requested the governmentcensorshipboardapproval.
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It also recommended the establishment of acensorshipboard.
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All programming must meet with the approval of thecensorshipboard.
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The exhibition caused such furore that the government sent the police to shut down the exhibition and referred its artwork for an examination by itscensorshipboard.
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Ohio by instituting acensorshipboardin 1921.
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From the earliest days of the industry, movie producers designed productions to avoid action by the state and local censorship boards.
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The most significant change has come in the form that media organizations will no longer have to submit their content to acensorshipboardbefore publication.
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The state censorship boards disappeared.
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I will, however, consider whether it would be desirable for guidance or assistance to be given to censorship boards.
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The state censorship boards had become so troublesome that a number of studios began filming slightly different versions of censorable scenes.
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Hughes sent the film to numerous state censorship boards, saying that he hoped to show that the film was made to combat the gangster menace.
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Hughes sent the picture to numerous state censorship boards, saying that he hoped to show the film was made to combat the gangster menace.
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