: 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 of a newspaper
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Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
In the 1990s, Gannett’s policies favoring shorter stories and more feature news reduced the volume of enterprise and watchdog reporting (reflected in a 1990 banner front-page headline reporting a local television anchor moving to another channel).
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 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
Robin became an artist with a one-woman show at a downtown gallery and the front-page article went on the fridge, too.
—Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
In the 1990s, Gannett’s policies favoring shorter stories and more feature news reduced the volume of enterprise and watchdog reporting (reflected in a 1990 banner front-page headline reporting a local television anchor moving to another channel).
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 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 3 Jan. 2026.
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