order of the day
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Flamboyant headwear and oversized structured shoulders were the order of the day at the Vuitton show, which took place on the final day at the Louvre.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
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 • Dec. 20, 2025
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
Polite nods in both directions were the order of the day.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
Again she felt the trickle of disloyalty and guilt, which seemed to be the order of the day, and reacted to it by reaching over to cover Lane’s hand with her own.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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