expurgated
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Only an expurgated 500-page executive summary has been made public.
From Salon â Nov. 13, 2019
As Marina Warner wrote in her book Stranger Magic, “Galland transformed his sources, his fluent prose adding politesse and polish. … He expurgated the eroticism that heightens many passages in the original.”
From Slate â Apr. 10, 2019
If ever there were a diva unsuited to the expurgated, down-talking children’s book treatment, it’s Donna Summer.
From New York Times â Apr. 23, 2018
“To consent would be an admission that the expurgated parts are not indispensable,” he wrote.
From Washington Post â Jan. 10, 2018
She had gotten used to the nuns, a literature of appropriate sentiments, poems with a message, expurgated texts.
From "How the GarcÃa Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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