leading article

[ lee-ding ]

/ ˈli dɪŋ /

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noun Journalism.

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

British. leader (def. 5b).

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Origin of leading article

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby leading article

lead glass, lead glaze, lead-in, leading, leading aircraftman, leading article, leading block, leading coefficient, leading dog, leading edge, leading indicators

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How to use leading article in a sentence

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Groups like CAIR and leading intellectuals and imams have been denouncing acts like these for years.
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That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
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“The origin of Brokpas is lost in antiquity,” a research article from the University of Delhi notes.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
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So everybody began looking for the appearance of his story in all the leading magazines.
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The magazines sketch us a lively article, the newspapers vignette us, step by step, a royal tour.
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By this new species of shorthand we might have embodied this very article in half a dozen sprightly etchings!
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British Dictionary definitions for leading article

leading article

/ (ˈliːdɪŋ) /

noun journalism

another term for leader (def. 6)

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

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