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Recent Examples of mea culpa
Last week, in an effective mea culpa during the media business’ big upfront week of presentations for advertisers, the company said the service would be called HBO Max again.
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Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Yet that is what has happened as his media blitz has quickly given way to mea culpas.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Unlike Thomas, my mea culpa to Yale can’t tape my Yale sheepskin back together.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2025
The mea culpa came after the broadcast cameras caught Boone grabbing his crotch with gusto and pulling down while making an o-shape with his mouth before taking a bow at the end of his his song.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Yet that is what has happened as his media blitz has quickly given way to mea culpas.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Unlike Thomas, my mea culpa to Yale can’t tape my Yale sheepskin back together.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2025
The mea culpa came after the broadcast cameras caught Boone grabbing his crotch with gusto and pulling down while making an o-shape with his mouth before taking a bow at the end of his his song.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mea culpa
Noun
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This was followed by a series of apology messages to the user.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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All at once, a generation of dazzling young people who had studied the canon in deadening classrooms remembered that poems could be, had always been, anything at all—an invitation, an apology, a thank-you note, a recipe, a valentine.—
Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On the OpenAI community forums and Reddit, long-time chatters are expressing sorrow at losing access to models like GPT-4o.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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As images of starving children in Gaza continue to circulate and the international outcry grows louder, a number of American rabbis used their pulpits to speak up about the humanitarian crisis, some with sorrow, others with moral urgency, and many with a sense that silence was no longer tenable.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In one of her studies, Moore examined how people self-police online grief.—
Alessandra Schade,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Kelly Osbourne admitted her struggle with grief in the wake of the death of her father, rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, has been coming in waves.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Notably, unemployment among Black men spiked significantly from 5.2% in May to 6.9% in July, illustrating a spreading distress that often starts with the most vulnerable groups and then extends wider in the labor market.—
Aisha Nyandoro,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The legislation also follows several studies that highlighted concerning examples of AI therapy tools overlooking, or even encouraging, signs of mental distress.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Mea culpa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mea%20culpa. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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