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front-page
[fruhnt-peyj]
adjective
of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
verb (used with object)
to run (copy) on the front page, especially of a newspaper.
front-page
noun
(modifier) important or newsworthy enough to be put on the front page of a newspaper
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of front-page1
Example Sentences
The reporter who ultimately co-wrote Monday’s front-page piece wasn’t even on duty.
It would be front-page news coast to coast.
Lee pursued the case for six months for the Sacramento Union and wrote two front-page stories in which he described Chol Soo Lee as a troubled young man “betrayed by the well-meaning system which has swallowed up the boy in the name of Americanization.”
“I saw the front-page article in the New York Times and was struck by a photo of the Nazis with an accordion,” Kaufman recalled.
The New York Post took issue with the framing, condemning Putin with a front-page editorial pleading with Trump to “remember the brutality of Russia’s actions.”
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