raison d'être
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
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
Granite, granite, everywhere — highlighting the town’s economic raison d’etre and the stone artistry of its residents.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 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
