back page
noun
the last or last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; back matter.
back page
1 American
[bak payj]
/ ˈbæk ˈpeɪdʒ /
noun
back-page
2
American
[bak payj]
/ ˈbæk ˈpeɪdʒ /
adjective
Example Sentences
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I remember the time and date very clearly as I had just pressed send on the back page of the Lincolnshire Echo.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Pallister was facing towards the dugout - and Haroun, who saw the opportunity for a snap she knew would become the back page splash the following morning.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
On the back page, I found the Prayer of St. Francis:
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
The photograph and text on the back page were more deserving to be on the front than what was published.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
Our newspaper Muhammad Speaks ’ full back page carried an architect’s drawing of a $20 million Islamic Center proposed to be built in Chicago.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
But such things have become mostly back-page stories.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
Eileen credits the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph newspapers for her big break into the industry, securing her first back-page lead with a photo of a city gymnast in late 1970s.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
Los Angeles magazine is another good resource, particularly Chris Nichols’ back-page Ask Chris feature, which almost always serves up something about the city’s past that I never knew before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Even Al Jaffee’s ingenious back-page “fold-in” cartoons revealed dark truths masked within otherwise banal scenes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2019
We fear the gifted Spaniard has acquired an idea of American domestic life from Mr. Tom Powers’ sketches and other back-page comics.
From The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor
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