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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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For once, move fast and break things isn’t the order of the day.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

Polite nods in both directions were the order of the day.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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