nounlead stories

• 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’

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  • ‘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.’