leading article
Americannoun
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Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
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British. leader.
noun
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another term for leader
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the article given most prominence in a magazine or newspaper
Etymology
Origin of leading article
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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CP Scott writes a leading article to mark the centenary of the paper that becomes recognised around the world as the blueprint for independent journalism and includes the line “Comment is free, but facts are sacred.”
From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2018
In a leading article, the Times says many criticisms can reasonably be made of the Treasury's assumptions in the report but Mr Osborne has thrown down a challenge.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2016
But it is the prominent title of the leading article that is the most degrading of all.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012
The newsy Art Digest carried as its leading article an acidulous diatribe against Dartmouth and its murals by Harvey Maitland Watts, a director of Philadelphia's Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
You see, I have fired off at you a complete leading article from a radical paper.
From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by Bunin, I. A.
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