: 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
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Wednesday's newspapers agree that presidential son Hunter Biden's felony convictions are front-page news.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 12 June 2024
When the enormous operation underway was announced, a U.S. newspaper highlighted a front-page drawing of invading soldiers cascading into Europe, as a terrified Hitler fled.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
Then, just before election day, the Cook County News Herald ran a front-page article that seemed to confirm the longstanding speculation about Larry.
—Longreads, 4 June 2024
The couple, who were featured in a front-page story in the Pioneer Press in April, left Russia on Dec. 23, flying to Istanbul and then on to Mexico City.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 June 2024
And many of his gambling activities that were front-page news decades ago are now basically legal.
—Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Her family's high profile made the story front-page news as the NYPD kept up the hunt for her.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg A huge increase in demand from AI has catapulted data centers into front-page headlines.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 12 May 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
On Thursday, so many years later, Japan got itself more front-page baseball news.
—Stephen Wade, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2023
The Padres certainly have become an everyday story this spring, but three front-page-worthy headlines on the same day?
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023
On July 14, 1944, The Washington Post published a front-page article about the event.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
Her first front-page story from Japan was about the middle-aged dissolution of a beloved boy band.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
Whitaker notes that later that summer, Carmichael attracted the attention of President Lyndon Johnson after a New York Times front-page story linked him to another SNCC organizer’s anti-White sentiments.
—Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
Adjective
Jorgensen’s transition, which had made front-page news in 1951, had been reduced to a historical curiosity nearly two decades later.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Wednesday's newspapers agree that presidential son Hunter Biden's felony convictions are front-page news.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 12 June 2024
When the enormous operation underway was announced, a U.S. newspaper highlighted a front-page drawing of invading soldiers cascading into Europe, as a terrified Hitler fled.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
Then, just before election day, the Cook County News Herald ran a front-page article that seemed to confirm the longstanding speculation about Larry.
—Longreads, 4 June 2024
The couple, who were featured in a front-page story in the Pioneer Press in April, left Russia on Dec. 23, flying to Istanbul and then on to Mexico City.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 June 2024
And many of his gambling activities that were front-page news decades ago are now basically legal.
—Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Her family's high profile made the story front-page news as the NYPD kept up the hunt for her.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg A huge increase in demand from AI has catapulted data centers into front-page headlines.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 12 May 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
On Thursday, so many years later, Japan got itself more front-page baseball news.
—Stephen Wade, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2023
The Padres certainly have become an everyday story this spring, but three front-page-worthy headlines on the same day?
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023
On July 14, 1944, The Washington Post published a front-page article about the event.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
Her first front-page story from Japan was about the middle-aged dissolution of a beloved boy band.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
Whitaker notes that later that summer, Carmichael attracted the attention of President Lyndon Johnson after a New York Times front-page story linked him to another SNCC organizer’s anti-White sentiments.
—Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
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