cover story

noun

: a story accompanying a magazine-cover illustration

Examples of cover story in a Sentence

The magazine recently did a cover story on diabetes.
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Life magazine ran them as a cover story. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025 After the show, the team from Runway were ushered backstage to discuss upcoming cover stories with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Luke Leitch, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025 Gaga later shared in an October 2024 cover story for Vogue that Polansky popped the question while the two were rock climbing together. Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 Speaking with Entertainment Weekly for a Witcher season 4 cover story, showrunner Lauren Hissrich exclusively confirms that Minnie Driver will not return as the shape-shifting, time-traveling, parallel world-traipsing Seanchaí. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover story

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cover story was in 1948

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“Cover story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20story. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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