raison d'être
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
While the Echo quickly found its raison d’etre, I think the Astro will take a bit longer The Astro also has a split personality.
From The Verge • May 26, 2022
Whereas the great distance at which these Dominions are situated imposes upon them the necessity of creating their own defensive forces, a separate Irish Navy or Army would have no raison d'etre.
From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.
