raison d'etre
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"But you also knew that his raison d'etre was to sort of catch you in the off moment."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
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
The scene is described with not a little skill and ingenuity, but it has little raison d'etre save the gratification of the taste for witchcraft which Lucan shared with his audience and his fellow poets.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
Couple the above with ExpressVPN’s pretty stringent privacy policy, you begin to understand that ExpressVPN is more of an “old school” VPN provider, for which security and privacy are a VPN’s raison d’être.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
That the “The Napa Boys” won’t be everyone’s cup of tea — or in this case, goblet of wine — almost feels like this meta comedy’s raison d’être.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
It is also working to build the type of cutting-edge AI agents that some investors think threaten its entire raison d’être.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Fundamentally, the format's raison d'être is now under question.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
As there was no new ground to explore, and as the eating of lunch seemed to be the raison d’être of the excursion, it was plainly foolish to start until the luncheon hour approached.
From Lady Cassandra by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
