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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She’s written cover stories on some of the biggest stars in music, including Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg and Trent Reznor. Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025 Osbourne, who died on July 22 at age 76, will be honored by his family with a funeral befitting the star’s infectious spirit, a source close to the family tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. Rachel Desantis, People.com, 29 July 2025 Antle sits down with Washington Examiner’s editor-in-chief, Hugo Gurdon, to discuss the cover story by David Stilwell. Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2025 And since this is a tech newsletter, here’s a sneak peak at the cover story, which looks at what may be this year’s biggest tech story: Alexandr Wang’s new role leading Meta’s new superintelligence team. Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover story

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 6 Aug. 2025.

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