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
And while the Echo quickly found its raison d’etre, I think the Astro will take a bit longer.
From The Verge • May 26, 2022
If we could have a fight or something that would excuse and make a climax for all this marching and reconnoitering and discomfort the story would have a suitable finale and a raison d'etre.
From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Davis, Charles Belmont
