raison d'etre
Example Sentences
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So they feel like it is their signature, their raison d’etre.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 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
The question was sufficiently important to demand an experimental solution; hence the raison d'etre of the present demonstration.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various
