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

In her recent Rolling Stone cover story, Charli spoke about the new album, following up the massive success of Brat, and her burgeoning acting career. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026

These were actors, hired to play the disturbed as a cover story for something even more disturbing. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

In a cover story interview published in Cosmopolitan, the country star opened up about her plans to get back into the dating scene after her Cloud 9 Tour wraps. — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026

In his cover story with GQ, Pattinson told a story about an adorable conversation Waterhouse had with their repairman about his starring role in The Batman. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 18 July 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