du jour
Americanadjective
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as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today.
The soup du jour is split pea.
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fashionable; current.
environmentalism and other issues du jour.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of du jour
< French: of the day
Example Sentences
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Times of froth tend to see companies linked to the theme du jour—internet, 3-D printing, electric vehicles, crypto, AI, etc.—lead the charts.
It was the topic du jour among the chattering class, with notable voices like the women of the “The View,” Chelsea Handler and a former “Real Housewife of Beverly Hills” weighing in.
Who would have predicted that insurance reform would become a bipartisan cause du jour?
The girls changed into their princess dresses du jour, and we headed back downstairs.
In 2019, the wickedly fun horror-comedy “Ready or Not” made hide-and-seek into a terrifying encounter with the occult — and made its star, Samara Weaving, the scream queen du jour.
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