of the day
idiom
1
: served in a restaurant as a special item on a particular day
What's the vegetable of the day?
Our soup of the day is vegetable beef.
2
: of a particular period of time
What were some of the popular movies of the day?
We read old newspapers to learn of the important issues of the day.
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For all the natural beauty, the most memorable part of the day was when a group of Chinese tourists walking by insisted on getting a photo with our group—Western tourists being considered even more of a noteworthy sight than the marvelous views.
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
Remove his longest rush of the day for 27 yards, when the Chiefs expected Daniel Jones to sneak, and his numbers look even worse.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
The fireworks weren’t done yet in the Lone Star State as the Texans ran a two-minute drill to perfection, with Mills throwing his second touchdown of the day to Jayden Higgins to cap off a six-play, 75-yard drive to put Houston up 20-16 at the half.
—Patrick Sung, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Maps referred to it then as the Santa Clara Valley, but romantic minds of the day christened it the Valley of Heart’s Delight, after a 1927 poem by a local writer with Wordsworthian sensibilities, named Clara Louise Lawrence.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
Remove his longest rush of the day for 27 yards, when the Chiefs expected Daniel Jones to sneak, and his numbers look even worse.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
The fireworks weren’t done yet in the Lone Star State as the Texans ran a two-minute drill to perfection, with Mills throwing his second touchdown of the day to Jayden Higgins to cap off a six-play, 75-yard drive to put Houston up 20-16 at the half.
—Patrick Sung, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Maps referred to it then as the Santa Clara Valley, but romantic minds of the day christened it the Valley of Heart’s Delight, after a 1927 poem by a local writer with Wordsworthian sensibilities, named Clara Louise Lawrence.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Of the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20day. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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