front-page
- of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- to run (copy) on the front page, especially of a newspaper.
Origin of front-page
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Contemporary Examples of front-page
The attack in which Murray is charged has been front-page news in New York for almost a week.
In his left overcoat pocket was the front-page logotype of the paper, and in his left pocket were 10 or 12 halftones.
On Sunday, The New York Times ran a front-page story titled “Whose Brooklyn Is It, Anyway?”
Spike Lee Blasts The New York Times’ Story on Brooklyn Gentrification in Fiery Op-EdMarlow Stern
March 31, 2014
Between 1939 and 1945, The New York Times published more than 23,000 front-page stories.
Most of West Plains learned the news from the front-page article in The Quill on March 21.
Historical Examples of front-page
Then, Cappy, it will be a front-page story—and how those boys will hop to it!
Cappy Ricks RetiresPeter B. Kyne
Nearly three days had elapsed without a front-page paragraph for him.
H. R.Edwin Lefevre
In the papers the next morning "Carter's Tip" was the front-page feature.
The Man Who Could Not LoseRichard Harding Davis
There was a front-page editorial reluctantly announcing a price increase.
New Apples in the GardenKris Ottman Neville
"I've got stuff for a front-page display," I reported to the city editor half an hour later.
My LifeJosiah Flynt
front-page
- (modifier) important or newsworthy enough to be put on the front page of a newspaper