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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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Nearby words

leadership, leadfoot, leadfooted, leading, leading aircraftman, leading article, leading block, leading coefficient, leading dog, leading edge, leading indicators

Origin of leading article

First recorded in 1800–10
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Examples from the Web for leading article

  • Do the leading-article writers of the Times rather care for the effect which is produced by their anonymity?

    Saunterings in and about London|Max Schlesinger

  • Well, Dr. Shrapnel is another, who writes in his own style, not the leading-article style or modern pulpit stuff.

    Beauchamp's Career, Complete|George Meredith

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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