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
But when it comes to Samsung, the family dynasty behind it is so complicated – and the company so crucial to the South Korean economy – that it's front-page news.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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 other story above the front-page fold is a critique of the defense secretary: “Hegseth’s Vengeful Rhetoric Grew From Experience in Iraq.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The front-page article was all about that kid Leroy had spoken about, Bobby Hutton.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
The climate statistics also feature on the front page, revealing 1,205 wildfires have scorched the UK this year, 38 homes burned in Stourbridge, 19 of which were destroyed, and 10.5mm of rain since 1 July.
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
Also on the front page, "migrants face new Channel peril" after 173 people were rescued from a fire aboard a "mega dinghy".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Accounts of excavations appear almost daily on TV and on the front page of Japan’s largest newspapers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
At week's end a new Italian daily, la Republica, front-paged the names of seven CIA agents in Rome.
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
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
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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