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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Examples of du jour in a Sentence
Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.
Long hair was the style du jour.
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Stat du jour San Antonio International Airport set a new record in 2024, with 11,094,278 passengers, nearly 4% higher than the previous high.
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Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Tech is a big category during the game, Evans said, with a lot more creative focused on AI, the topic du jour.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Living in New York City around this time, puffer coats and snow boots suddenly become the items du jour; Pretty pieces are sacrificed for more practical ones.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2025
For the uninitiated, or the non-Londoner, Lime Bikes are the UK capital’s E-bike du jour.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Tech is a big category during the game, Evans said, with a lot more creative focused on AI, the topic du jour.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Living in New York City around this time, puffer coats and snow boots suddenly become the items du jour; Pretty pieces are sacrificed for more practical ones.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2025
For the uninitiated, or the non-Londoner, Lime Bikes are the UK capital’s E-bike du jour.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/du%20jour. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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