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confessional

[kuhn-fesh-uh-nl] / kənˈfɛʃ ə nl /
NOUN
confession booth
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Red polo shirt, black pants from Kohl’s, Dashboard Confessional and Weezer echoing from the kitchen while the prep crew scrubbed down the line.

From Salon • May 19, 2025

“This is by far the best record Ruston has made,” says Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional, a friend who’s performed and recorded with Kelly, including on a cover of Dashboard’s canonical emo hit “Screaming Infidelities.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023

Confessional comedy is one of the dominant forms of the moment, but sometimes it can feel too packaged and thus perversely inauthentic.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022

Dashboard Confessional and The Black Keys are turning out for a virtual tribute concert next month for Adam Schlesinger, who died of COVID-19 a year ago.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2021

The Confessional Churches which sprang up were unable to establish themselves securely enough to dominate the civil powers.

From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood



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