culprit

Example Sentences

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Free apps that offer VPNs are often a big culprit, Kilmer says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Technology has been the alleged culprit behind everything from spiraling anxiety to vanishing attention spans to social isolation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The culprit, according to Blake LeBaron, an economics professor at Brandeis University, was that investors became able to follow the strategy cheaply and easily .

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

“I think the culprit here isn’t the markets—it’s the fact that people are leaking insider information,” Crane says.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

And if the culprit wasn’t caught soon, he was looking at a lifetime back with the Dursleys.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling