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Recent Examples of mea culpa
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.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
This book is in part their mea culpa.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Disney and Paramount warned it to stop with legal letters, sparking the mea culpa.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Ye answered some questions about the mea culpa.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
This book is in part their mea culpa.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Disney and Paramount warned it to stop with legal letters, sparking the mea culpa.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Ye answered some questions about the mea culpa.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mea culpa
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mea culpa
Noun
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The producers read an apology on air the following week.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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No excuses, no justifications, a sincere apology.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Louderback, though, never made excuses or referred to others who might have prevented it from happening.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
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His excuses ranged from being too cold, to not having his phone or watch on him, to being a chill person who doesn’t like to show up early to the tee.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Yet this book is written more in sorrow than in anger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Late in the picture, a display of kindness from the elderly Catalan woman Lucila looks after introduces an unexpected reciprocity of care — even with those unfamiliar with her sorrows and the intricacies of her cultural background.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The prospect filled me with surprising sadness.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The bittersweet tale infused with humor and sadness chimed with the Cannes audience.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The film explores themes of power and coming of age in a corrupt society, with campus culture wars and climate grief at its center.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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There have been so many films about grief and people losing somebody.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Is rapid weight gain the cause of the patient’s distress?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Developer John Dewberry bought the building out of distress in 2010 for $36 million.—
Savannah Sicurella,
AJC.com,
20 May 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 23 May. 2026.
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