MPA

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Motion Picture Association: an organization that promotes the movie and television industries and is tasked with evaluating the content of motion pictures in order to assign age-appropriateness ratings: formerly called the MPAA.

2. marine protected area.

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M.P.A. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Master of Professional Accounting.

2. Master of Public Administration.

3. Master of Public Affairs.

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Example Sentences

Having worked hard to obtain an R rating, the “Faces of Death” team has more recently run into issues with the MPA regarding the imagery on its posters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

MPA argues that Seedance’s unauthorized use of copyrighted materials is a “feature, not a bug.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

MPA chairman Charles Rivkin -- representing heavyweights like Disney, Universal, Warner and Netflix -- said Bytedance's new AI model "operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement" and "should immediately cease".

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

That system, the MPA letter said, isn’t comparable to Meta’s content restrictions, which “appear to rely heavily on artificial intelligence” and other automated technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

MPA executive director Dr Diana Casey said the decline threatened to derail the government's ambitions for housing, infrastructure and clean energy projects.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025