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Recent Examples of bleep
The song is clearly a celebration of female sexuality, so the decision to bleep out half the lyrics when the words themselves aren’t necessarily swear words is a poor look by CBS.
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Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2021
As Underwood tossed to a commercial, Osbourne kept talking, and the show had to bleep whatever word came out of her mouth.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
The censors weren't quick enough on the trigger to bleep it out.
—Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
The ceremony began on a frothy and obscene note, as the returning host, the British comedian Ricky Gervais, cracked numerous jokes that were bleeped by NBC censors.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2020
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Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2021
As Underwood tossed to a commercial, Osbourne kept talking, and the show had to bleep whatever word came out of her mouth.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
The censors weren't quick enough on the trigger to bleep it out.
—Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
The ceremony began on a frothy and obscene note, as the returning host, the British comedian Ricky Gervais, cracked numerous jokes that were bleeped by NBC censors.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleep
Verb
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Just clip them in, style them as needed, and voilà—instant cool-girl bangs with zero regrets.—
Allure,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2025
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When a truck carrying Mr. Nasrallah’s coffin entered the stadium, the crowd erupted in shrieks and cries as the voice of the former Hezbollah leader — clipped from his speeches — echoed from speakers.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Stunning stat: The city planted only 62 trees last year, according to the 2025 mayor's budget estimate, while pruning 2,300 trees and removing 1,500 others.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Hansi Flick turned towards the bench and energetically removed his black jacket.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Was there some big calamity that wiped out the rest of them, or was their civilization always that small?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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Measles also wipes out immune responses to other infections (a phenomenon known as immune amnesia), making people vulnerable to other infectious diseases.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
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The radar blips were satellites; the alert was a false alarm.—
Daniel A. Gross,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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If emissions continue at their current trajectory, about one in twenty could blip out of existence.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
7 Dec. 2024
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Rejecting the promises of chemotherapy technologies then in their infancy, Gerson instead focused on metabolic therapy, believing that cancer stemmed from a patient’s diet and lifestyle choices and could be excised with a focus on natural foods, juices and expunging toxins from the body.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2025
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At the time, Redman told the committee that the bill removed all the services that lawmakers could excise under federal law.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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When thieves cut air hoses in remote areas, conductors and engineers are stranded along with the disabled train.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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The University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Southern California have also paused or cut their graduate admissions, at least temporarily.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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This year's storms won't erase looming drought worries across the entire southwestern U.S., experts fear.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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But medieval transgender lives do illuminate that transgender people will not vanish even when the legal and medical systems strive to erase them.—
Sarah Barringer,
The Conversation,
18 Feb. 2025
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Friday The Cavaliers obliterated New York, 142-107.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The mind-boggling hammer price obliterated the previous high sum paid for a car at auction—by nearly $100 million.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Bleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleep. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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