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order of the day

NOUN
lineup
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agenda business calendar record schedule slate
STRONG
affairs appointments arrangements bill bulletin card catalog chores curriculum details docket happenings index listing meetings memoranda plan plans preparations syllabus timetable
WEAK
necessary acts order of business order of events series of events things to do
NOUN
order of business
Synonyms
WEAK
agenda calendar docket frame lineup program of operation schedule schedule of operation schema things to be done time time scheme timetable to-do list
NOUN
program
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bill business curriculum plan schedule
STRONG
affairs appointments arrangements bulletin calendar card catalog chores details docket happenings index lineup listing meetings memoranda plans preparations record slate syllabus timetable
WEAK
necessary acts order of business order of events series of events things to do

Example Sentences

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He would have been at home in Imperial or Baroque Rome, where thinking big was the order of the day; in his own time—and ours—it has been the exception.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Wait-and-see remains the order of the day, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Massive user experience changes without opt-outs have been the order of the day for at least the better part of a decade now.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

In academia, fear of surveillance - and how life might change for someone who infringes the laws - means self-censorship and censorship have become the "order of the day", says Kenneth Chan.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

No matter where they looked, it was great—an interruption of school routine, a diversion in the deadly order of the day.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier