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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Metro back page - 'Window pain disappoints but Arteta keeps faith'
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
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
Guardian back page - 'Champions rocked as Rodri may miss rest of season'
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
On the back page, I found the Prayer of St. Francis:
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
There, smiling kindly at him from the back page of his father’s newspaper, was Mother Paula herself!
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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
By 1998, Reilly had mostly given up the longer stories to write the back-page “Life of Reilly” column at SI, where his humor was still on display every week.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019
Morning after morning, from the back-page of your newspaper, quick and uncostly cures for every human ill thrust themselves wildly on you.
From Yet Again by Sir Max Beerbohm
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