mea culpas
- plural of mea culpa.
Example Sentences
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Inside the Orrville, Ohio, company, executives have done mea culpas, telling employees in meetings that Smucker made mistakes in how it integrated Hostess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The filmmakers of Schrader’s generation — Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese in particular — keep making films that feel like manifestoes and mea culpas all rolled into one.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
His clumsy mea culpas certainly made it easier for the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Humbled by extreme backlash and facing monetary losses, this trio of toxicity issued their mea culpas only after there were no other words — or open right palms or rackets — to express themselves.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
Maya had thought of a thousand different things to say to her: apologies and confessions, tears and mea culpas, detailed explanations of how stupid Maya could be, how stubborn she was.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
