front-page

¹

[fruhnt-peyj]

adjective

1. of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.

verb (used with object)

front-paged, front-paging 

1. to run (copy) on the front page, especially of a newspaper.

front page

²

[fruhnt-payj]

noun

1. the first and most visible page of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; front matter.

front-page

noun

1. (modifier) important or newsworthy enough to be put on the front page of a newspaper

Word History and Origins

Origin of front-page¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

As the Record’s front-page headline read two years ago, in the first edition published after the police raids: “Seized, but not silenced.”

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Joking that front-page coverage of his arrival in Perth was "unbelievable journalism"

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In mid-2005 he read a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal about the mortgage lender New Century.

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But, echoing other industry executives, he said Tesla would be “paranoid about deployment because, obviously, even one accident will be front-page headline news worldwide.”

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The Cuban leader drove to the office of the newspaper Revolución and dictated a front-page story for all of his citizens to read in the morning.

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Related Words

• big 
• major 
• serious 
• significant 
• valuable 
• weighty