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
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
Some such work is necessary to explain the active principle, the raison d’etre of southern nationalization.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
