(n.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
(n.) One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.
(n.) One given to fault-finding; a censurer.
(n.) A critic; a reviewer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The multiple logistic model, the most commonly used model for the analysis of coronary heart disease studies, does not consider survival time in assessment of the dependent covariates and does not account for the censoring which usually occurs in such studies.
(2) Using the generalized Wilcoxon test for single censored samples, there was no significant difference in survival at any postoperative year when comparing both Groups A and B.
(3) In the NO MISO and PLUS MISO arms, the complete response rate at cystoscopy at 6 months was 63% and 69%, the 5-year survival rate was 41% and 48% and the 5-year local control rate with bladder preservation was 46% and 36% respectively (censored for death from metastases while locally clear).
(4) When conservative outlets accused the site of censoring right-leaning news stories , Zuckerberg fired the trending stories team and replaced them with an algorithm – which almost immediately began to distribute fake news .
(5) Thousands who have confronted the possibility of a libel action have self-censored or backed down.
(6) The results of this study suggest that GTFA is the preferred method for the genetic modeling of censored data obtained from twins.
(7) "In this era where we see growing open-mindedness, his actions are muddle-headed and careless," said the letter, which was briefly posted to the internet before it was taken down by censors .
(8) Cameron told MPs: "We have a free press, it's very important the press feels it is not pre-censored from what it writes and all the rest of it.
(9) "And obviously, lyrics had to be approved by censors.
(10) Today the Turkish government has levelled baseless and alarmingly false charges of ‘working on behalf of a terrorist organisation’ against three Vice News reporters, in an attempt to intimidate and censor their coverage,” Sutcliffe said.
(11) It is essential that systems which allow censoring of patient records have continuous built-in audit to monitor the reasons for censoring.
(12) Inclusion of right censored lesions by the Kaplan-Meier approach increased the uncensored estimate by approximately 20%.
(13) For some calves known only was that absorption extended beyond duration of the experiment, causing the data to be censored.
(14) He said the need for realism, insisted on by censors, left "only the ancient Chinese stories to be produced".
(15) A brief survey is given of the historical roots of such methods, of the basic concepts and quantities which are required, and of the maximum likelihood estimates which can be derived for right censored and double censored data.
(16) Google moved quickly to announce that it would stop censoring its Chinese service after realising dissidents were at risk from attempts to use the company's technology for political surveillance, according to a source with direct knowledge of the internet giant's most senior management.
(17) She never censored my reading material and always encouraged my writing ambitions.
(18) Many fellow editors and reporters at RBC say they plan to resign too, while others have vowed to continue their work “until the first story is censored”.
(19) @Roborovski says the government's focus is wrong: Government focus on social messaging clamp-down wrong - 24 hour news channels played far greater role in spread of riots Commenter Porgythecat warns of the wider implications of such proposals: How long before Twitter or Facebook gets shut down during a major environmental protest, or worse, Twitter and Facebook start self censoring in order to avoid government regulation.
(20) We propose a design procedure for determining the study duration or for calculating the power in a group sequential clinical trial with censored survival data and possibly unequal patient allocation between treatments, adjusting for stratified randomization.
Censorship
Definition:
(n.) The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.
Example Sentences:
(1) While they may always be encumbered by censorship in a way that HBO is not, the success of darker storylines, antiheroes and the occasional snow zombie will not be lost in an entertainment industry desperate to maintain its share of the audience.
(2) Free speech has protected hate speech, and opponents of censorship have consistantly defended the rights of unscrupulous populists and incendiarists.
(3) A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that for most people, access to the internet without government censorship is important.
(4) Holly Combe, a member of Feminists Against Censorship , shares these concerns.
(5) Worst of all they are a sop to those who think censorship is the answer to powerlessness.
(6) If the purpose of the judgment is not to enable censorship of publishers by the back door, then we'd encourage Google to be transparent about the criteria it is using to make these decisions, and how publishers can challenge them."
(7) In its infancy, the movement against censorship agitated on behalf of artists, iconoclasts, talented blasphemers; against repressive forces whose unpleasantness only confirmed which side was in the right.
(8) Hollowing out legacy media’s revenues while using its content, “ digital colonialism ” and issues of censorship have plagued the company in 2016.
(9) Twitter has become pivotal in organising anti-government dissent in the past year: the Occupy Gezi movement, which marches against the recently passed internet censorship bill that allows the government to block any content within four hours without a court order, and the massive street protest and the funeral attended by hundreds of thousands after the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan , were initiated via social media.
(10) Earlier this month, a man in his 70s was sentenced to two and a half years for praising North Korea , according to Index on Censorship.
(11) "I know all the famous stories regarding this novel's battles against censorship, and certainly there are later chapters of the book that intentionally push the boundaries of social decorum, but nothing like that was in my first chapter of the adaptation" – as far as they have currently got with their ongoing project.
(12) "I think that the new upgrade in the filtering system is a signal from Iran that the regime is prepared to stop any attempt by the US to challenge the country's online censorship," said an Iranian who spoke to the Guardian by phone from Tehran on condition of anonymity.
(13) It cited a Chinese-originated cyber-attack targeting information on human rights activists and intellectual property, as well as increasing censorship.
(14) She also accused Mo of protecting the Asian country's censorship laws.
(15) Brin's contention that censorship and "walled gardens", such as Apple's operating systems and Facebook's world of applications, will throttle the world of free and linked information on which Google has built its fortune may be right.
(16) I don’t want to be part of a system where the movie director has to exercise self-censorship,” said Weerasethakul, whose film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives triumphed at the Cannes film festival in 2010.
(17) Mohseni-Eje’i did not specifically mention whether the new round of censorship also applied to the opposition leaders but it is widely assumed that they are blacklisted too.
(18) The company’s image censorship guidelines were leaked to the press in 2012 .
(19) The most dangerous censorship is self censorship,” she told the crowd.
(20) He said: "There's no place for censorship in Argyll and Bute council and there never has been and there never will be.