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.

Recent Examples on the Web

For her cover story interview, Charli spoke to The Moment costar Kylie Jenner about wanting to grace the cover of media’s most iconic sexy mag. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026

Cruise previously opened up about making Taps — a drama in which cadets played by Cruise, Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton take over a military school to save it from developers — in his 2018 PEOPLE cover story. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

In a 2017 People cover story, editor-at-large Liz McNeil wrote that Carolyn comforted the Radziwills by bringing soup from Anthony’s favorite NYC restaurant to the hospital. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Sep. 2026

This week's Sunday cover story focuses on the 20th anniversary of Comair Flight 5191. — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cover story

• allegory
• amatory
• auditory
• category
• clerestory
• crematory
• desultory
• dilatory
• dormitory
• excretory
• feudatory
• gustatory