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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On Saturday, the actor du jour was the star guest at People and InStyle magazine’s Pit Stop Party at the Faena Hotel Miami Beach, just one of various events surrounding the Miami Grand Prix up in MiamI Gardens.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Sarah Pidgeon stars in a spring campaign that came out right as her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy on the series Love Story made her the style icon du jour.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
Better to appreciate the joys du jour.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
These days, the hype is all about AI and robots, but almost a decade ago, the tech du jour was self-driving.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Sarah Pidgeon stars in a spring campaign that came out right as her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy on the series Love Story made her the style icon du jour.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
Better to appreciate the joys du jour.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
These days, the hype is all about AI and robots, but almost a decade ago, the tech du jour was self-driving.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/du%20jour. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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