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• back page
  back page

  noun

  the last or last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; back matter.
• back-page
  back-page

  adjective

  relating to or occurring on the last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, and thus not especially important.

back page

¹ American  

[bak payj] / ˈbæk ˈpeɪdʒ /

noun

1. the last or last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication; back matter.

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back-page ² American  

[bak payj] / ˈbæk ˈpeɪdʒ /

adjective

1. relating to or occurring on the last few pages of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, and thus not especially important.

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Telegraph back page - 'FA to act after Saudi fight ban'

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

On the back page, I found the Prayer of St. Francis:

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023

Tucked away on the back page were the words “the player’s ... integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions,” as some of the attributes for the voters to keep in mind during their decision making.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2022

In college, I even ripped out the back page of Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book, “The Population Bomb,” signed a pledge to have no more than one child and mailed it in.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022

On the back page, there's a painting of an outdoor cafe, tables and chairs set out on what looks to be a summer evening.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

But such things have become mostly back-page stories.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

Eileen credits the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph newspapers for her big break into the industry, securing her first back-page lead with a photo of a city gymnast in late 1970s.

From BBC ● May 18, 2025

Los Angeles magazine is another good resource, particularly Chris Nichols’ back-page Ask Chris feature, which almost always serves up something about the city’s past that I never knew before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

Indistinguishable in look and heft from a dime-store cash-in, it even has back-page ads for hard-boiled reads like “Serpico” and Elmore Leonard’s “The Switch.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2021

The paper, one morning, after describing appearances of Charles-Norton in Vladivostock, Paris, and Timbuctoo, had slid from her knees to the floor, when her eyes lit upon an advertisement on the up-turned back-page.

From The Trimming of Goosie by Hopper, James