order of the day
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Right now in government, contingency planning is the order of the day.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 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
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
The order of the day is to help your mother police up the house.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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