How to Use front-page in a Sentence

front-page

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  • The births and deaths of their cubs were front-page news.
    ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But the scandal was not front-page news, nor did most of the public comprehend the scope of the issue.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Her family's high profile made the story front-page news as the NYPD kept up the hunt for her.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
  • For a topic that's been front-page news for weeks, the debt ceiling sure seems to mystify a lot of people.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 28 May 2023
  • Missing Black women are rarely front-page news; sadly, many of us don’t even know their names.
    Natalie Wilson, Essence, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Loren’s objections made front-page news in Israel, and Geller assumed he was finished.
    David Segal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • Also, the two who work for newspapers are more concerned with front-page placement in print than page views or social media plans, which is just adorable.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • So far, the Alexander case has been, if not quite a sleeper, not splashy front-page news, perhaps because of a misguided sense of its political stakes.
    Michael Li, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Still, for Ukrainians going about their everyday lives and the country’s media, the potential shutdown is not front-page news.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • When the documents turned out to be forged, the paper printed a front-page retraction, and Philips was pressured into resigning.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And many of his gambling activities that were front-page news decades ago are now basically legal.
    Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • His office has a view of the Willamette River, and its walls are decorated with patents, cover stories from Nature and Cell, and front-page newspaper writeups of his work.
    Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The idea seemed so novel that Ronald Reagan’s promise during his 1980 presidential campaign made front-page news.
    Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Sanatan Sanstha denied any involvement, but a day later the group’s newsletter ran a front-page statement calling Dabholkar’s death a blessing.
    Parth M.n., WIRED, 23 Nov. 2023
  • When the news was announced at the church, the congregation rose and applauded, The Constitution reported in a front-page article.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In response to the front-page article Jan. 28 about marijuana, its use and sales, the article omitted water issues.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The investigation had simmered for months before bursting into front-page news in August.
    Arkansas Online, 9 June 2023
  • Wednesday's newspapers agree that presidential son Hunter Biden's felony convictions are front-page news.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 12 June 2024
  • Nearly two weeks ago, the McCurtain Gazette-News released the audio recording and a front-page exposé about the racist and threatening remarks county officials allegedly made during it.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The investigation had simmered for months before bursting into front-page news in remarkable fashion last August.
    Eric Tucker, ajc, 9 June 2023
  • State media outlets have said the government’s efforts minimized losses for farmers, with a front-page article in a recent People’s Daily newspaper trumpeting the progress of the harvest.
    Nicole Hong, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • Through his penetrating interviews with many of the most important newsmakers, the show has played an essential role in politics and policy, routinely made front-page news, and framed the thinking in Washington and beyond.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2023
  • The publicity included a daily listing of events, front-page articles touting record-breaking attendance and frequent features.
    Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2023
  • When the enormous operation underway was announced, a U.S. newspaper highlighted a front-page drawing of invading soldiers cascading into Europe, as a terrified Hitler fled.
    Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
  • Black performers rarely made its celebrated cover; even Public Enemy during peak popularity was denied front-page treatment.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The births and deaths of their cubs were front-page news.
    ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But the scandal was not front-page news, nor did most of the public comprehend the scope of the issue.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Her family's high profile made the story front-page news as the NYPD kept up the hunt for her.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
  • For a topic that's been front-page news for weeks, the debt ceiling sure seems to mystify a lot of people.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 28 May 2023
  • Missing Black women are rarely front-page news; sadly, many of us don’t even know their names.
    Natalie Wilson, Essence, 2 Sep. 2023

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