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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Embracing the color du jour, the Christmas diva wore a knee-length knit mahogany dress with matching gloves and brown knee-high suede boots.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
With 2025 having just begun, the U.S. dollar has already emerged as the topic du jour for the new year.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
But the celeb-dense Broadway phenomenon du jour is Mulaney and Simon Rich’s All In with its boastful list of guest stars like Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fred Armisen.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Yet the ironic and playful branding is also reflective of fashion right now, and Château Voltaire’s capsule gets the hip du jour vibe right, too.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
With 2025 having just begun, the U.S. dollar has already emerged as the topic du jour for the new year.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
But the celeb-dense Broadway phenomenon du jour is Mulaney and Simon Rich’s All In with its boastful list of guest stars like Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fred Armisen.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Yet the ironic and playful branding is also reflective of fashion right now, and Château Voltaire’s capsule gets the hip du jour vibe right, too.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/du%20jour. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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