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 • Feb. 3, 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

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

From BBC • May 8, 2025

They were reminded that this Bowl was for brains, not brawn, and decorum—something between chapel and classroom—was the order of the day.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

order of the day

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