MPA

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Motion Picture Association: an organization that promotes the movie and television industries and is tasked with evaluating the content of motion pictures in order to assign age-appropriateness ratings: formerly called the MPAA.

2. marine protected area.

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M.P.A. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Master of Professional Accounting.

2. Master of Public Administration.

3. Master of Public Affairs.

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Example Sentences

Having worked hard to obtain an R rating, the “Faces of Death” team has more recently run into issues with the MPA regarding the imagery on its posters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

As the MPA strategy is moved to the implementation phase, Thompson said officials need to "properly and critically asses the pressures affecting or contributing to the declines of seabird populations".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Due to its realistic nature and unauthorized use of the actors’ likenesses, both SAG-AFTRA and MPA were among the first to call out the platform.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

They were chosen for the "reliability of their supply chains, operational readiness, safety systems, and the sustainability certification of the methanol to be supplied," according to MPA.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

Meta said its public communications have used the term “guided by” PG-13 instead of explicitly linking the protocol to the MPA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025