serve a purpose
idiom
: to have a particular use or function : to be useful or helpful in some way
Everything on the boat serves a purpose.
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Those needles serve a purpose by conserving moisture and breaking down into organic matter.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Snakes, even venomous ones, are a part of the ecosystem and do serve a purpose, Pandelis said.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2025
There’s an art to packing a carry-on bag: everything has to be accessible, organized, and serve a purpose.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
Every track needed to serve a purpose, to communicate something specifically.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Snakes, even venomous ones, are a part of the ecosystem and do serve a purpose, Pandelis said.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2025
There’s an art to packing a carry-on bag: everything has to be accessible, organized, and serve a purpose.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
Every track needed to serve a purpose, to communicate something specifically.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for serve a purpose
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“Serve a purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serve%20a%20purpose. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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