order of the day, the

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1. The prevailing or expected mode, the current agenda, as in Volatility is the order of the day in high-tech stocks, or T-shirts and blue jeans were the order of the day for the picnic. This expression, dating from the late 1600s, originally alluded to the subject of debate in a legislature on a particular day, as well as to specific commands given to troops. Its figurative use dates from the second half of the 1700s.

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order of the day, the

Expropriations became the order of the day, the land typically redistributed among the peasant and rancher majority.

From Slate ● May 29, 2017

Bright polo tops and cargo shorts are the order of the day, the pigs get scrubbed and the barn occasionally receives a shot of air freshener.

From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2010

General Carl A. Spaatz issued a special order of the day: the strategic air war had been won; hereafter U.S. heavy bombers would range on tactical missions.

From Time Magazine Archive

When reform became the order of the day the power of the Bakers’ Company passed away.

From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William

In the sixteenth century, when 'shock tactics' of cavalry were the order of the day, the 'war harness' became heavier.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various