"au courant" meaning in English

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          "text": "Its hipness recalls the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix and Leos Carax, making for an intoxicating blend of the retro and au courant.",
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          "ref": "2023 February 11, Janan Ganesh, “After Germany's fall, which is the paragon nation?”, in FT Weekend, page 22:",
          "text": "A paragon from the Global South, as no one I know who lives there calls it, would be very 21st century, very au courant.",
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          "text": "“Know Your Enemy,” an au courant lefty podcast, has devoted multiple episodes to discussions of Freud, who has become a frequent topic of conversation among the show’s hosts.",
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