raison d'être
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In exchange, the subject’s greatness will be treated as an assumption, the raison d’etre for the book itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023
His theoretical death has therefore long been the HBO show’s raison d’etre, even if it became increasingly unthinkable over the course of its crisp but repetitive seasons.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023
So they feel like it is their signature, their raison d’etre.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2023
“We will flourish until our raison d’etre for being people’s lawyers ceases.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022
Evidently he does not believe in shams, those little conventionalities, nearly all of which have some excellent cause for existence, although we do not always pause to examine into their raison d'etre.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion
