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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The actress, 59, spoke with Real Simple for their cover story and shared what it's been like raising her two daughters — Grier, 18, and Rowen, 21 — in a culture that seems to be so obsessed with being younger. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025 Last October, Cameron backed Saldaña for a big awards season run in a Variety cover story. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025 By pinning the crazy, outlandish, unbelievable cover story on a crazy, outlandish, unbelievable man – Howard Hughes. David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025 Variety Wicked nabbed a cover story in Variety on January 2 as a promo for the upcoming second film, Wicked: For Good, and to bolster its Oscar buzz. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cover story 

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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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 14 Jan. 2025.

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