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Example sentences for: raison

How can you use “raison” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It enjoys life not only as an interjection but also as a noun ("The movie's real duh of a raison d'être"-- Village Voice ) and an adjective ("That's so duh you've got to smile"-- Los Angeles Times ). Bummer , one 1960s word that really did get its start in the '60s drug culture, is also proving its hardiness, a testament both to the term's euphony and to the ubiquity of bummers in the world at large.
I therefore went out to try to find one in the hope that the object might reveal its raison d'être.
Inside eukaryotic cells there is a massive protein complex called the proteasome whose raison d'être is to remove unnecessary proteins by breaking them down into short peptides.
The raison d’être of all the development is a long but not especially attractive sandy beach, which stretches undisturbed for some 10 km (6 miles).
Further north is Monnickendam, once a large fishing port on the Zuider Zee which lost its raison d’être when the Afsluitdijk was completed in 1932.