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carpe diem

[kahr-pe dee-em, kahr-pee dahy-uhm, kahr-pey dee-uhm] / ˈkɑr pɛ ˈdi ɛm, ˈkɑr pi ˈdaɪ əm, ˈkɑr peɪ ˈdi əm /


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The girl’s name comes from carpe diem, as in Kenna’s vow to seize the child she never got to hold, but the script has the restraint not to make a big standing-on-a-desk speech about that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Like a variation on the local notion, “the mountain’s out,” the brand embodies a carpe diem attitude.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

A tattoo in Latin on his right arms reads "carpe diem", or "seize the day".

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2022

“It’s about that — live now, carpe diem, the age old saying,” Ms. Cook said.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

No blow then has ever been struck at the natural loves and laughter of men so sterilizing as this carpe diem of the aesthetes.

From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)




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