leading article
Americannoun
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Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
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British. leader.
noun
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another term for leader
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the article given most prominence in a magazine or newspaper
Etymology
Origin of leading article
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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In a leading article, the Times says many criticisms can reasonably be made of the Treasury's assumptions in the report but Mr Osborne has thrown down a challenge.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2016
“It is important not to confuse patriotism with loyalty to the crown,” said its leading article.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2015
There's a school of thought, to which a leading article in the Times gave voice, that he is playing a dangerous game.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2010
When Creative Art lately obtained a translation of a long Picasso letter published in 1926 by the Russian review Ogoniok, it published excerpts as leading article in its June issue, out last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
You see, I have fired off at you a complete leading article from a radical paper.
From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by I. A. Bunin
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