a higher purpose

noun

: a more meaningful reason to live, work, etc.
He was searching for a higher purpose.

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For example, Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, set a higher purpose of helping the needy by donating a pair of shoes for every pair sold, driving a spiritual cause for high employee engagement and extensive customer loyalty. Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 This blurring of genres serves a higher purpose, causing the storyline itself to blur in its distinctions between fairytales, mythology and American idiom. Katarina Docalovich, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024 Director-star Justin Baldoni is hoping his new movie serves a higher purpose. Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024 But for us, there has always been a higher purpose, if not a form of political zealotry. Matt Bai, Washington Post, 17 July 2024 Reagan’s close brush with death also led him to conclude that he had been spared by God for a higher purpose — and that was to lift the threat of nuclear annihilation. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 July 2024 Russian lying, cheating, and hypocrisy thus serve a higher purpose. Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2015 Through her prophecies, Elizabeth imbued her lifelong otherness with a higher purpose, carving out a place for herself in the nation’s destiny. Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 Their art seeks a higher purpose to spread love and elevate consciousness. Ebony Flake, Essence, 18 Mar. 2024

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“A higher purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20higher%20purpose. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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