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a T-shirt with an objectionable image
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Stiff fines were levied against African Americans for violating curfews, possessing firearms or displaying objectionable public behavior (harsh speeches or insulting gestures).
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Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
Best Original Score Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. Up until the final quarter of this movie — the 5th Indiana Jones big-screen adventure, and first without Steven Spielberg in the director’s chair — nothing so terribly objectionable occurs.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
Thus, companies train people and algorithms to try to flag objectionable content and take it down.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
The presumption behind all these arguments is that however objectionable Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping might be as rulers, as state actors they can be expected to behave as all leaders have always allegedly behaved.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
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Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
Best Original Score Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. Up until the final quarter of this movie — the 5th Indiana Jones big-screen adventure, and first without Steven Spielberg in the director’s chair — nothing so terribly objectionable occurs.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
Thus, companies train people and algorithms to try to flag objectionable content and take it down.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
The presumption behind all these arguments is that however objectionable Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping might be as rulers, as state actors they can be expected to behave as all leaders have always allegedly behaved.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/objectionable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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objectionable
adjective
ob·jec·tion·able
əb-ˈjek-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
: arousing objection : offensive
uses objectionable language
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