raison d'etre
Example Sentences
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How much mileage can there be in a literary magazine whose raison d’etre is just: Taco Bell?
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2023
It’s a good question, and one that cuts to the core of the new policy’s raison d’etre.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2023
“We will flourish until our raison d’etre for being people’s lawyers ceases.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022
Granite, granite, everywhere — highlighting the town’s economic raison d’etre and the stone artistry of its residents.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
Two things, however, were accomplished, even in those early days, for which we must always be very grateful, and in themselves are a sufficient raison d'etre.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 by Various
