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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

But it’s his secret office nickname, discovered by Williams in this achingly poignant drama of regret, that best characterizes the film’s theme of carpe diem: Mr. Zombie.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023

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

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2022

It is the carpe diem religion; but the carpe diem religion is not the religion of happy people, but of very unhappy people.

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




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