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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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 trial at Oslo district court has lasted almost seven weeks and every day of evidence has been front-page news in Norway.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
“All the President’s Men” underscores that sentiment with its matter-of-fact final shot, watching a teletype machine writing out years of front-page headlines leading to Nixon’s resignation.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
The Be hut Daily Star front-page report of my speech mentioned no “riot”—because there was none.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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
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
Tuesday's disruption at airports also dominates the front page of the Sun.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
As well as the investigation into Reform's donations, the Independent covers the airport chaos in the UK on its front page.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The story on the front page wasn’t coverage of the demonstration.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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
A Hanoi newspaper, hitherto ardently pro-West, front-paged a huge portrait of Viet Minh Chieftain Ho Chi Minh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newspapers front-paged pictures of the sailor perched on the statue, printed yards of invective against the "barbaric yanqui vandals."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the North there was a crackle of excitement: newspapers front-paged the story, and editorial writers pontificated about constitutional law and the new need for wisdom and forbearance on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
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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