order of the day

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order of the day (plural orders of the day)

  1. The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda.
  2. (figurative) The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate.
    White tie and tails are the order of the day.
    • 1935 January 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second State of the Union Address:
      Throughout the world, change is the order of the day.
    • 1987 July 18, Ronald Reagan, Presidential Radio Address:
      The ranks of political prisoners swelled into the thousands, and beatings, torture, and official murder became the order of the day.
    • 2016 January 7, Peter Bradshaw, “A War review – standard issue Afghan war drama”, in the Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges.
    • 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 42:
      I'm not in the mood for whisky, nor beer. Something soft would be sensible, but I decide that wine is the order of the day - a sauvignon blanc, which I take with a few olives.
  3. (military) The general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.

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