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Recent Examples of mea culpa
The bigger story from Altman’s dinner wasn’t his mea culpa.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
In response, OpenAI has issued a series of fixes and mea culpas.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Harrison was away for twice as long and, unlike Aaronson, did not indicate a passion to continue at Elland Road with an immediate mea culpa on day one of pre-season.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Cobra Kai star Martin Kove is offering a mea culpa after biting his costar, Alicia Hannah-Kim, at a fan event for the Netflix series on Sunday.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
In response, OpenAI has issued a series of fixes and mea culpas.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Harrison was away for twice as long and, unlike Aaronson, did not indicate a passion to continue at Elland Road with an immediate mea culpa on day one of pre-season.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Cobra Kai star Martin Kove is offering a mea culpa after biting his costar, Alicia Hannah-Kim, at a fan event for the Netflix series on Sunday.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mea culpa
Noun
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His apology seemed to have been accepted by the cast, who forgave Mel and proceeded with the competition.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the current incident, Boebert has offered no apology at the time of publication.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The prosecutor’s spokesperson said Yeo was making excuses that did not make sense about the notes discovered on his mobile phone.—
Reuters 2 hr ago,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Yes, potential excuses exist, such as the Tigers’ switch to Daniels, a senior Stanford transfer whose tremendous performance (353 yards passing and two touchdowns, 89 yards rushing and two touchdowns) demands the question of why Freeze didn’t turn the offense over to him weeks ago.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And that's appropriate; coziness and sorrow are not mutually exclusive.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Teams and players in the sport expressed sorrow about the news.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Followers and fans of Tika online expressed their sadness in the comment section.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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And in the last days of August, laughter and pot would waft over the scene, happiness laced with sadness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Ege, a 31-year-old special education teacher, ended up reaching out to the group Families for Safe Streets, whose members showed up at their apartment shortly after Musyoka’s death to help them through those initial days and weeks of grief.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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We’re largely left to imagine her fears for an uncertain future, her grief for an unknown, unborn child and her thoughts on becoming a symbolic figure in the outside world, with another woman’s name to boot.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Certain symptoms that signaled addictive food behavior were also more common among women, like inability to decrease intake, greater cravings and distress about their consumption.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
11 Nov. 2025
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Roughly half of all low-income countries are in or near debt distress, which can significantly exacerbate food insecurity.—
ARIF HUSAIN,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Mea culpa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mea%20culpa. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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