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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of front-page
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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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 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
“That, my boy, is the front-page article for tomorrow’s paper. Or at least it will be if I can butter up the head editor.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Board could be printed on the front page of a newspaper.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
A photo of Fifa president Gianni Infantino dominates the Observer's front page as it reports on the fallout from his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Parched brown fields cover the front page of the Independent under the headline "Scorched earth Britain", with the paper noting that Wisely in Surrey has seen "43 days with no rain".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Independent fills its front page with a photo of Prime Minister Andy Burnham launching the new No 10 North in Manchester alongside Chancellor John Healey and first secretary of state Louise Haigh.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
A huge photograph of his own face filled the front page.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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
Capital newsmen heard the story, and next day Washington papers front-paged it.
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
While they lunched, the French and Czechoslovak Governments urgently demanded that the Times editorial be repudiated, and every German paper jubilantly front-paged it as showing the "real mind" of Neville Chamberlain.
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 Parlette, Ralph
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