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confessional

[kuhn-fesh-uh-nl] / kənˈfɛʃ ə nl /
NOUN
confession booth
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Nowadays, those hankering for a dose of first-person confessional need only open their TikTok feeds or turn on Bravo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The 83-year-old confessional lyricist said in a statement that she had "been learning how to live with Parkinson's disease" and that she had also been treated for skin cancer.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Notably, the seventh song on the album, “Everything,” tips the record into a more appropriately confessional place, a perspective one couldn’t get with the short film alone.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

But there's clearly a demand for the confessional style.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

There were the bimonthly “Heart-to-Hearts,” confessional meetings run by the school chaplain, which invariably ended in paroxysms of hugging and weeping.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides



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