raison d'etre

Example Sentences

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It is also working to build the type of cutting-edge AI agents that some investors think threaten its entire raison d’être.

From The Wall Street Journal

BeReal’s appeal ended the second the app started pushing users to friend randos and post more than once a day, defeating its entire raison d’être.

From Slate

Not far away, at Pepa Bar a Vins, irreverence was the raison d’être.

From Salon

The problem isn’t the production but the musical’s shifting raison d’être.

From Los Angeles Times

Unrestrained power, of course, is the president’s raison d’être.

From Salon