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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During an interview for PEOPLE’s cover story in October, Haack opened up about meeting Larocca. Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025 Read our Summer 2022 cover story on Diarrha N’Diaye here. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Nov. 2025 Wallace’s first Texas Monthly cover story was about Myrtis Dightman, the first Black cowboy to qualify for The National Finals Rodeo. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025 Read THR‘s cover story with Glen Powell and Eli Manning, and postmortem with showrunner Michael Waldron. Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 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 11 Nov. 2025.

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