Art is his raison d'être.

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His wife, six children, their spouses, and his fifteen grandchildren were his raison d'etre. courant.com, "Stanley A. Bartus M.D.," 22 June 2019

Their latest venture is the boy band known as NCT, which seemingly has no boundaries and will result in multiple sub-groups, each with their own distinct raison d'etre. Tamar Herman, Billboard, "NCT 127 is Running Toward the Future: 'We Like to Challenge Ourselves'," 4 July 2018

This is yet another example of why this is an amazing time to be following the launch industry and the raison d'etre for this newsletter. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: Chinese tourism, launch by centrifuge, SLS the “right” rocket," 22 June 2018

His courageous raison d'etre serves as an inspiration to countless others, from rock stars and celebrities to Bill Gates and former President Barack Obama. Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, "Congress finally finds something it can agree on: Steve Gleason," 6 June 2018

As described by Corrections, evidence pointing to Bruton as a contraband courier formed the checkpoint's raison d'etre. David J. Neal, miamiherald, "The Department of Corrections officer saw the prison checkpoint. And skedaddled. | Miami Herald," 26 Apr. 2018

But such slashing doesn't seem to be the firm's raison d'etre. Michelle Jarboe, cleveland.com, "Firm buying into American Greetings seen as a 'rebuilder' of businesses," 25 Feb. 2018

Surely Lisa's raison d'etre can't all be in their first-date scene, when she is made to mouth a shameless amount of historical background to the Iraq war to jog the audience's memory. Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Shock and Awe': Film Review | Dubai 2017," 18 Dec. 2017

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