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
In Larsson’s latest collection, trousers were the garment du jour; they were reimagined as floor-length gowns, double-breasted coats with peter-pan collars and even nun wimples.
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Protein is the macronutrient du jour.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
The internet’s way du jour to describe the return of anything in fashion—or culture, really—is to peg it as such.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
Everything else, including the latest headlines du jour comes second.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Protein is the macronutrient du jour.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
The internet’s way du jour to describe the return of anything in fashion—or culture, really—is to peg it as such.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
Everything else, including the latest headlines du jour comes second.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for du jour
Adjective
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By the 1960s, women were making more fashionable style choices.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2025
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Newly single Rachel Zoe, meanwhile, made a grand entrance flanked by a fashionable crew.—
Brianne Tracy,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The performance seems to serve as a final goodbye to an era that defined the last year in pop music.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr. 2025
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Brunson also volunteered another point of pop cultural confusion from earlier in her life.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The regulations also take aim at some of the techniques that have become popular in recent years, such as chumming (the act of throwing bloody fish parts or other bait into the water to attract sharks).—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Anastasio’s enthusiasm for Bernstein is based, in part, on the composer’s ability to effectively wed classical theory with popular song.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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Kosinski’s favorite part of the women’s art exhibition has been getting to know the artists and discovering how connected the local art community is to one another.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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What the characters can or cannot do in response, and the catharsis they’re prevented from attaining, are both key parts of their story, and of life in the West Bank at large — a reality Nabulsi conveys in stark, realistic hues, despite her first-feature growing pains.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/du%20jour. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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