front-page
adjective
of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
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front pagenounthe first and most visible page of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; front matter.
front-page
1 American
[fruhnt-peyj]
/ ˈfrʌntˈpeɪdʒ /
adjective
verb (used with object)
front-paged,
front-paging
front page
2
American
[fruhnt-payj]
/ ˈfrʌntˈpeɪdʒ /
noun
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front pages
plural
front-page
British
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of front-page
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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In time, other towns began hosting and the competitions became local front-page news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
When revealing his diagnosis to the world, he said it reminded him of his decision to publicly come out as gay in 2013 in a front-page cover story for Sports Illustrated.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Just now, as it happens, the price of gasoline receives front-page coverage and is flashed almost minute by minute on cable news shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The Washington Post mentioned it in the 36th and final paragraph of its front-page story on McVeigh’s arrest.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
The reference was to a front-page article in the November 17 edition of the Kansas City Star.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Noah Woods, who disappeared on Tuesday, is pictured on the front page of the Independent after police confirm a body was found near where the toddler vanished.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Céline Dion's "triumphant return to concert stage" also features on the front page.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Television presenter Jeremy Clarkson and partner Lisa Hogan beam on the front page of the Star, with the latter detailing her pride after "Jezza" revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis earlier this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Several publications have used their front page to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Something that would put it on the front page.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
That Sunday, the Times front-paged a further downsizing from the vocabulary of evil, psychologizing the murderous Chechen bros with what seemed like existentialist anxiety, by speculating that “signs of alienation” may explain the crime.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2013
While they lunched, the French and Czechoslovak Governments urgently demanded that the Times editorial be repudiated, and every German paper jubilantly front-paged it as showing the "real mind" of Neville Chamberlain.
From Time Magazine Archive
The New York Times last week front-paged a story on phone call records that apparently should have been part of the Chappaquiddick investigation but were not.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the New York Times front-paged a long dispatch from its able Vatican reporter, Camille Cianfarra, indicating that not only had St. Peters' tomb been discovered but his bones as well.
From Time Magazine Archive
But they front-paged what I felt about Northern white and black Freedom Riders going South to “demonstrate.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Two exceptions were the Washington Star-News and the Louisville Courier-Journal, which managed to cut through the intricacies by front-paging capsule highlights of Nixon's statement in addition to giving more detailed stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
See the one shrivel who goes around front-paging his age.
From The University of Hard Knocks by Ralph Parlette
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