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• back page
  back page

  noun

  the last or last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; back matter.
• back-page
  back-page

  adjective

  relating to or occurring on the last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, and thus not especially important.

back page

¹ American  

[bak payj] / ˈbæk ˈpeɪdʒ /

noun

1. the last or last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; back matter.

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back-page ² American  

[bak payj] / ˈbæk ˈpeɪdʒ /

adjective

1. relating to or occurring on the last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, and thus not especially important.

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Example Sentences

It looked hinky, and on the back page, in fine print, I learned that the mail was from a lender unaffiliated with my mortgage company.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2024

On the back page, I found the Prayer of St. Francis:

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

Flitcroft was front and back page news, with headlines celebrating the plucky chancer who had conned the R&A.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2022

In college, I even ripped out the back page of Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book, “The Population Bomb,” signed a pledge to have no more than one child and mailed it in.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

Bas ordered that the book in question be passed to him, and when it was, he flipped to the back page, took out a pencil and started writing on it.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse