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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Yet one thing all three have in common are their respective presidential libraries, which — as this week’s Cheryl Hall cover story highlights — are more than just brick-and-mortar historical repositories. Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026 Earlier in the show, Chioma tells Choe how British Vogue’s Gisele Pelicot digital cover story came to be. Chelsea Daniel, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026 Lim also tapped the American photographer Charlie Engman and his mother, Kathleen McCain Engman, to collaborate on a cover story for Modern Weekly’s biannual style supplement in 2020. Denni Hu, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026 The 10 years have flown by since Deadline ran its first interview with DiCaprio – many have followed including the most recent Awardsline cover story for One Battle After Another. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026 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 27 Feb. 2026.

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