raison d'être

Couple the above with ExpressVPN’s pretty stringent privacy policy, you begin to understand that ExpressVPN is more of an “old school” VPN provider, for which security and privacy are a VPN’s raison d’être.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026

But, for smaller companies whose AI offerings are their raison d’être, there are pros and cons of the new era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

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 ● Dec. 14, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

The raison d'être of the frames puzzled many persons, though it was frequently observed that the pictures do not look well unless surrounded by ample gold leaf.

From Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter by Ernest Govett

To underscore the Ballers’ raison d’etre — a baseball team that never would abandon Oakland — Freedman and Carmel sold ownership stakes to fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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

But some serving and recently retired RAF officers, who the BBC has spoken to, question whether he has lost sight of the raison d'etre of the RAF - to fight and win wars?

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2022

Two things, however, were accomplished, even in those early days, for which we must always be very grateful, and in themselves are a sufficient raison d'etre.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 by Various