1
: made for a particular day
—used of an item not specified on the regular menu
soup du jour
2
: popular, fashionable, or prominent at a particular time
the buzzword du jour
Examples of du jour in a Sentence
Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.
Long hair was the style du jour.
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Celestial and zodiac-adjacent accessories have been embraced by everyone from Meghan Markle to Hailey Bieber as of late — bringing a touch of the personal, and magical, no matter the occasion or your larger outfit du jour.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
This time last year, my manicure du jour was a ’90s-style deep French.
—Laura Solla, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
The students can’t read, and even that doesn’t stop school employees from leading them in walk-outs from their classes to protest whatever is the cause du jour.
—Chris Talgo, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
That kind of edgelordism has become the currency du jour in the GOP, from the Ivy League through the streets of Minnesota.
—Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
This time last year, my manicure du jour was a ’90s-style deep French.
—Laura Solla, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
The students can’t read, and even that doesn’t stop school employees from leading them in walk-outs from their classes to protest whatever is the cause du jour.
—Chris Talgo, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
That kind of edgelordism has become the currency du jour in the GOP, from the Ivy League through the streets of Minnesota.
—Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/du%20jour. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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