raison d'etre
Example Sentences
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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
“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
If they fail to reproduce their kind, they have failed in their purpose; they are unconsciously ruled by the philoprogenitive passion; it is their raison d'etre, for it they are fed, clothed, trained, bred.
From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora
