: printed on the front page of a newspaper
also
: very newsworthy
front-paged; front-paging; front-pages
: to print or report on the front page
Examples of front-page in a Sentence
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
On Sunday, there was a front-page picture of the police officer who was killed in the incident.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
Scott Talley, Freep.com, 19 Mar. 2023
In November of that year, a front-page New York Times article was instrumental in bringing awareness of deep learning technology to the broader public sphere.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
Comparatively, the murder of Esther Lebowitz, an 11-year-old white, Jewish girl who vanished while running an errand after school that September, was front-page news, generating both a steady stream of headlines and effusive letters to the editor.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
On Sunday, there was a front-page picture of the police officer who was killed in the incident.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
Verb
And that would lead to a front-page story about the then-Karen Farmer in the Dec. 28, 1977, edition of the New York Times.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 19 Mar. 2023
In November of that year, a front-page New York Times article was instrumental in bringing awareness of deep learning technology to the broader public sphere.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
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“Front-page.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-page. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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