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-payj]
/ 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
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Tice had pushed into areas most journalists deemed too dangerous and was writing front-page stories for the Washington Post.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Europe and South America picked up the front-page story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
“All the President’s Men” underscores that sentiment with its matter-of-fact final shot, watching a teletype machine writing out years of front-page headlines leading to Nixon’s resignation.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
Marina was such an international celebrity that her obituary and photograph even made front-page news in some American papers.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Of course, newspaper editors have always decided what stories make the front page.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
A warning from the Governor of the Bank of England not to "risk repeat of Truss chaos" heads up the Daily Telegraph's front page ahead of the Budget.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
A picture of Kemi Badenoch behind DJ decks at the Tory conference is splashed across the front page of the Daily Telegraph.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
On its front page, the Financial Times says the US Vice-President Kamala Harris has raised $200m in the first week of her election campaign.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2024
The following Sunday, January 23, 1994, my story and my photo ran on the front page of the Orange County edition of the Los Angeles Times.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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 bulletins from Washington that were front-paged across the nation one day last week held sensational legal and social implications: the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Capital newsmen heard the story, and next day Washington papers front-paged it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the New York Times front-paged a long dispatch from its able Vatican reporter, Camille Cianfarra, indicating that not only had St. Peters' tomb been discovered but his bones as well.
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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