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In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the dominant theme of material, when taken as a whole, must be considered lewd or immoderate by contemporary community standards to be considered __________.

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obscene

Step-by-step explanation:

Note that in the case of Roth v. United States the U.S. Supreme Court allows banning of any material that tended to "deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences", and was considered "obscene" material.

This ruling led to the conviction of Samuel Roth, because he was sending "obscene or filthy" materials through the mail for advertising purposes.

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