purpose
Example Sentences
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“It’s kind of my mission. I see it like my purpose,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
“The entire purpose of a lot of this is to keep people off the streets and hold them up in the courts,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
"If those bonds are broken, there really is no purpose or point of monarchy."
From BBC
The Pope himself has described the purpose of his visit to both Turkey and Lebanon as to be "a messenger of peace".
From BBC
“There’s enormous pressure to develop drinks that are both good to drink but also play well on social media for promotional purposes.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
