: 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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Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Their involvement with Curlin helped garner national and international attention to the fraud case, which was front-page news across Kentucky.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 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
Jenny imagined that the story would be front-page news the next day, but nothing happened.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Their involvement with Curlin helped garner national and international attention to the fraud case, which was front-page news across Kentucky.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 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 15 Jan. 2025.
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