du jour

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\ dü-ˈzhər

, də-, -ˈzhu̇r, -ˈzhür \

Definition of du jour

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

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Examples of du jour in a Sentence

Our soup du jour is chicken noodle. Long hair was the style du jour.

Recent Examples on the Web Try the French onion topped with gruyere and mozzarella cheese ($8-$12) or soupe du jour ($6-$9) as a meal or as a side. — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2022 The type of red that could be served in a carafe in a modest Paris hole-in-the-wall to wash down the inexpensive but delicious plât du jour. — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022 This steep environmental cost has made NFTs the villain du jour of international K-pop stans, who have a history of channeling their progressive political views into creative digital activism. — Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2021 McConnell again slid by the topic this week when conservative radio host Guy Benson took his shot at the question du jour. — al, 21 Dec. 2021 Treating Maier like a riddle makes for good jacket copy but can also turn her into a kind of Rorschach: One sees in her whatever the critical mode du jour demands. — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2021 SLATs have been the planning acronym du jour for several years. — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021 The debate around theatrical windows, industry parlance for the amount of time a film plays exclusively on the big screen, and the growing penchant for hybrid releases on streaming services, has been the topic du jour of the pandemic. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Aug. 2021 Generally, by about 6:30, I’ve been made furious by the outrage du jour. — Joshua Malina, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2021

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