as in fashionable
enjoying widespread favor or approval
that year the yellow tie was the fashion accessory du jour for ambitious male executives
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Recent Examples of du jour
Large language models and other generative-AI tools are stuffing the world with content, much of it, to use the term du jour, absolute slop.
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Nitin Nohria, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
Five months after Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas promised to tackle rising expenses for residents, Democrats still said affordability was the issue du jour but offered few specifics.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2025
Hypersonic flight looks to be the flavor du jour of the aerospace world these days, which isn't surprising.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Allow Jennifer Lawrence to persuade you that the bowling bag is the purse du jour.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 May 2025
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Nitin Nohria, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
Five months after Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas promised to tackle rising expenses for residents, Democrats still said affordability was the issue du jour but offered few specifics.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2025
Hypersonic flight looks to be the flavor du jour of the aerospace world these days, which isn't surprising.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Allow Jennifer Lawrence to persuade you that the bowling bag is the purse du jour.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for du jour
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The brand offers a wide range of fashionable options, featuring more than a dozen colors and print styles, some available at a discount.—
Jené Luciani Sena
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FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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Her pictures posed questions of consent and agency before those words were fashionable.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Newman and a contract orchestra assembled on the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage, the pop temple on the old MGM lot where Garland laid down her vocals with composer Herbert Stothart.—
Tim Greiving,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2025
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The sounds emerging from Latin America have also grown increasingly progressive and adventurous, as reggaetón became a natural component of the pop DNA, and a radical generation of young singers and composers reinvented the tenets of música mexicana.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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What To Know The Susquehanna poll showed that Fetterman remains more popular than not with Pennsylvania voters, with 41 percent approving of him, compared to 37 percent disapproving.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Known as a popular stop on the film festival circuit for many stars, Karlovy Vary had previously already unveiled a visit from Michael Douglas this year.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2025
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My favorite strategy was to paddle just outside the most crowded break.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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But one of my favorite movies ever is ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ so replaying this scene was fantastic.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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While the overarching trend for fall is still lowest maintenance possible, there's a bit more happening than your typical sunny blondes and balayage brunettes.—
Bella Cacciatore,
Glamour,
2 Sep. 2020
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What was once a sleepy college town next to a railroad stop is now one of the most happening cities in the state of Texas.—
Craig Hlavaty,
Houston Chronicle,
5 Apr. 2018
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See why 2025 Could Be Intel Stock’s Comeback Year for an in depth look at how Intel stock could be re-rated higher.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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Optical atomic clocks, accurate to picoseconds, will enable satellite constellations and ground stations to determine satellites’ locations with centimeter-level precision—avoiding potentially catastrophic in-orbit collisions.—
Paul Lipman,
Forbes,
8 Oct. 2024
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Never mind that the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was the largest women’s organization in the U.S. and provided public speaking opportunities for women at a time this was almost unheard of.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
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Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/du%20jour. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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