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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There, she covered breaking business and economics news, regularly landing front-page bylines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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 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
Also on the front page, "Burnham calls up the military to tackle fires".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
When the cow died, Granma published her obituary on its front page, and a marble statue of her was erected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Board could be printed on the front page of a newspaper.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The front page of the Daily Star takes aim at the cost of an ice cream this summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“A nobody who makes the front page of the Sun.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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
The Boston Roman Catholic newspaper The Pilot recently front-paged a photograph of Ford bathed in a halo of light and ran two accompanying articles emphasizing his "cordial" relations with church leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last spring, from Hong Kong, he ostensibly entered the People's Republic and produced a five-part series that the paper front-paged.
From Time Magazine Archive
Excited students read of it in their Chicago Maroon which front-paged a large picture of President Hutchins.
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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