order of the day
Example Sentences
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Although caution was the order of the day, some residents braved the outside world on Sunday to take stock of the situation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Resolve, national solidarity and a renewed belief in common bonds were the order of the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
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
It was as though happiness was the order of the day.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
