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Definitions

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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BEIJING—Just before 11 a.m. one recent morning, Xu Hui, a 35-year-old delivery driver, hopped on his motorbike to drop off his first order of the day from a milk tea store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 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

Angular riffs, clever-clever lyrics and big, hooky choruses were the order of the day.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

Again she felt the trickle of disloyalty and guilt, which seemed to be the order of the day, and reacted to it by reaching over to cover Lane’s hand with her own.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.