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du jour

[duh zhoor, doo, dy zhoor] / də ˈʒʊər, du, dü ˈʒur /


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America’s assets also have extra appeal when its companies dominate the industry du jour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nerding out on the financial product du jour.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Whether the 61-year-old’s return to tennis as an éminence grise can herd the sport’s notoriously scattered stakeholders together and strengthen the players’ position is the question du jour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 2019, the wickedly fun horror-comedy “Ready or Not” made hide-and-seek into a terrifying encounter with the occult — and made its star, Samara Weaving, the scream queen du jour.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026

I sat down and asked the waiter what the plat du jour was.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway


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