The item of news given the greatest prominence in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast.
‘the election is the lead story on the front page of The New York Times’
‘The row of news summaries at the bottom further reduces the space available to create striking lead stories.’
‘The issue of campaign finance will be our lead story on tomorrow's edition.’
‘Today our lead story is FEMA's top priority: housing.’
‘Read the lead story in our money section and discover an inventive way to get the down payment you need.’
‘The lead story in last week's edition detailed how the adjudicators of the contest had turned down the bid for the newspaper to participate in the contest.’
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