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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Midway through the third Jacquez would drain her third three pointer of the day and inflate the lead to 14 causing LSU’s head coach Kim Mulkey to call a timeout at the 6:33 mark. Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 Lap 31: First caution of the day — debris on the track in Turn 4. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2025 Each facility is made aware of the timings for the fasts so that individuals can finish eating the pre-dawn meal before the first prayer of the day and be able to eat again when the sun sets. Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025 Forbes Daily: Join over 1 million Forbes Daily subscribers and get our best stories, exclusive reporting and essential analysis of the day’s news in your inbox every weekday. Allbusiness, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for of the day

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“Of the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20day. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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