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
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Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.
Long hair was the style du jour.
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Of course, there's a luxe lounge — the airport trend du jour.
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Anna Spiegel, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
An impressive mix of reefs and wrecks, along with a robust array of dive operations on the island, have welcomed divers for decades, long before Curaçao was the Caribbean destination du jour.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2024
This swing in your immune function may be enough to leave you vulnerable to the virus du jour.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024
Such freedom from the political story du jour allowed the duo to create plotlines around other hot topics that draw on their personal experiences, as well.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
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Anna Spiegel, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
An impressive mix of reefs and wrecks, along with a robust array of dive operations on the island, have welcomed divers for decades, long before Curaçao was the Caribbean destination du jour.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2024
This swing in your immune function may be enough to leave you vulnerable to the virus du jour.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024
Such freedom from the political story du jour allowed the duo to create plotlines around other hot topics that draw on their personal experiences, as well.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
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 23 Dec. 2024.
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