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.
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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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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 8 Nov. 2024.
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