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Example sentences for: raison

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It's apparent from the accounts that the other major area of alleged Clinton dissembling Starr has in mind is his original raison d'^tre , Whitewater, both in connection with Clinton's testimony at the Arkansas trial of the McDougals and Jim Guy Tucker, and in the president's apparent involvement in the channeling of funds to Webster Hubbell after the latter's conviction.
The most common problem is that the company loses touch with the creativity and technical wizardry that were once its raison d'être, often because of the exit of the founders and key technical staff.
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.
“But, à propos, I thought I was your raison d'être, ever since you saw me au naturel.
In a subcategory called “Extreme, outrageous and offensive calls,” the authors refer to “a new genre of phone-ins [in the US] whose whole raison d'être is for the presenter to pour abuse on those who call.”