Meaning of de jour | Babel Free

Definitions

Contemporary or most recent; en vogue; trendy.

not-comparable, postpositional, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Foreign-policy chiefs deal⟳ most often with the hottest issue⟳ de jour, though they can get⟳ the attention of the president and other members of the government for other issues which they judge⟳ important.”

“They existed at a time in history when shock⟳ therapy, brain tissue manipulation, implants, drug experimentation and lobotomies were treatments de jour.”

“When reading The Young Allies, it seems that Whitewash's purpose, besides representing the black community, is to get⟳ captured by the villain de jour and be saved by Bucky and the other Allies.”

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