Examples of soup du jour in a Sentence
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A la carte items include a deluxe salad bar ($3), a bowl of soup du jour ($2) and desserts ($2).
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
In an industry once dominated by matte foundations and theater-grade contour kits, sheer skin tints and finger-painterly balms are makeup's soup du jour.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 26 Sep. 2022
Chef Ibti of Sudan makes a standout soup du jour with stuffed-cheese potato bread.
—al, 19 Nov. 2019
Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special.
—Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 31 May 2017
Menu: Kumamoto oysters or a salmon-fennel-leek tartlette as an appetizer, then butter salad with walnuts and Roquefort or a soup du jour for the second course.
—Benjy Egel, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018
The soup du jour, teeming with chunks of beef, potatoes and green beans, was similarly light but with a potent, fiery broth.
—Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
There are floating, dancing delicacies like cheese soufflé, soup du jour, beef ragout, pie, pudding, cakes, and, perhaps best of all, fountains of Champagne.
—Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 4 Oct. 2017
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
In an industry once dominated by matte foundations and theater-grade contour kits, sheer skin tints and finger-painterly balms are makeup's soup du jour.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 26 Sep. 2022
Chef Ibti of Sudan makes a standout soup du jour with stuffed-cheese potato bread.
—al, 19 Nov. 2019
Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special.
—Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 31 May 2017
Menu: Kumamoto oysters or a salmon-fennel-leek tartlette as an appetizer, then butter salad with walnuts and Roquefort or a soup du jour for the second course.
—Benjy Egel, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018
The soup du jour, teeming with chunks of beef, potatoes and green beans, was similarly light but with a potent, fiery broth.
—Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
There are floating, dancing delicacies like cheese soufflé, soup du jour, beef ragout, pie, pudding, cakes, and, perhaps best of all, fountains of Champagne.
—Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 4 Oct. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
partial translation of French soupe du jour soup of the day
First Known Use
circa 1945, in the meaning defined above
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“Soup du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20du%20jour. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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