raison d'etre
Example Sentences
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A concert might sound like an odd raison d’etre for visiting a foreign country, especially when fans can watch the Eras Tour from home via the documentary now streaming on Disney+.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
Outstanding work, Desai agreed, has to be the raison d’etre of their collective efforts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
How much mileage can there be in a literary magazine whose raison d’etre is just: Taco Bell?
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2023
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
So my reader will perhaps understand the raison d'etre of the proverb, "The lawyers own England."
From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin
