: 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
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
The incident sparked a media frenzy, thrusting John and Lorena into the spotlight as their respective trials became front-page news.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 23 June 2025
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
The paper had no front-page news of a much more important event: the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade, where more people watched on Fox, and elsewhere, than showed up for No Kings.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
The incident sparked a media frenzy, thrusting John and Lorena into the spotlight as their respective trials became front-page news.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 23 June 2025
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 30 Jun. 2025.
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