leading article

[ lee-ding ]

nounJournalism.
  1. Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.

  2. British. leader (def. 5b).

Origin of leading article

1
First recorded in 1800–10

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British Dictionary definitions for leading article

leading article

/ (ˈliːdɪŋ) /


nounjournalism
  1. another term for leader (def. 6)

  2. mainly US the article given most prominence in a magazine or newspaper

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