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sake

noun as in benefit, gain

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well-being

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noun as in reason, objective

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purpose

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"The LDP must change for the sake of Japan's present and future. We will always put the national interest first and manage the country with a sense of balance."

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They lost everything but each other, and for Daisy’s sake, as much as his own, he has pushed and prodded, eager to get home.

From Los Angeles Times

Why would that dynamic suddenly amend itself for America’s sake?

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I am not just backing them for the sake of it, clearly.

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Comb goes on to ask the judge for mercy, "not only for my sake, but for the sake of my children".

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