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Recent Examples of mea culpa
Ahead of the album’s release, West published a lengthy mea culpa in The Wall Street Journal as a full-page ad, apologizing for his anti-Semitic remarks.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
After learning of the response, Carpenter took to X on Saturday afternoon to offer a mea culpa.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
The bodyguard who allegedly confronted soccer star Jorginho’s stepdaughter during an encounter with Chappell Roan in São Paulo, Brazil over the weekend has issued a mea culpa for the incident and taken full blame.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
This book is in part their mea culpa.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
After learning of the response, Carpenter took to X on Saturday afternoon to offer a mea culpa.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
The bodyguard who allegedly confronted soccer star Jorginho’s stepdaughter during an encounter with Chappell Roan in São Paulo, Brazil over the weekend has issued a mea culpa for the incident and taken full blame.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
This book is in part their mea culpa.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mea culpa
Noun
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There are no apologies, at least in Sarnoski’s scenario, inspired by a 17th century ballad that painted a different picture of this man and his final days.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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Its silhouettes celebrate confidence rather than restraint, with collections that carry references to Brazilian culture, landscape and energy without apology.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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But his silence in the series could change viewers’ perceptions of him, raising questions about where the line between empathy and excuses lies.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Should this come to pass, Kennedy and his allies will have succeeded in Making Microbes Great Again—to our swift and deepening sorrow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed sorrow over the crash, paying tribute to the military personnel killed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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The news of his death was met with shock and sadness from fans, players and fellow broadcasters around the NBA.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
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But sadness also, along with regret, surrounding Arguijo-Mejia.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026
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The emotion of the World Cup The USA often gets a lot of grief for not being a proper soccer-playing nation.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Amid the grief, people are finding a way forward, and Colin and Sophie Hortman gave Minnesotans the blueprint.—
Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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There was a stretch when people in various states of mental distress would just come and fall apart at our kitchen table.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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The Iskanders sued Grossman and Erickson, and last week a jury found the pair liable in the boys’ deaths, awarding $176 million in damages to parents Nancy and Karim Iskander and younger son Zachary for wrongful death and emotional distress.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Her sensitive and sublime renderings of such states in her fiction and poetry exemplify this ruth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Mea culpa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mea%20culpa. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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