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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The internet’s way du jour to describe the return of anything in fashion—or culture, really—is to peg it as such.
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
Stat du jour: The Cavs dunked seven times in the first quarter against New York last Friday, their most in one quarter in 25 years.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
Everything else, including the latest headlines du jour comes second.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Instead, the cozy game du jour on Twitch is the Animal Crossing-like Hello Kitty Island Adventure, a former Apple Arcade exclusive that made its way to Steam recently.
—Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
Stat du jour: The Cavs dunked seven times in the first quarter against New York last Friday, their most in one quarter in 25 years.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
Everything else, including the latest headlines du jour comes second.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Instead, the cozy game du jour on Twitch is the Animal Crossing-like Hello Kitty Island Adventure, a former Apple Arcade exclusive that made its way to Steam recently.
—Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for du jour
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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/du%20jour. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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