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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As Macron told Variety in his cover story in October, AI is also a matter of soft power that raises geo-political issues. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025 In her new cover story with The Cut published Wednesday (Feb. 19), the Florida native was introspective about her place in a long lineage of rap legends, noting that the ingenuity of her predecessors — shouting out Lauryn Hill, specifically — has historically gone unappreciated. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025 Conversely in Europe, entrepreneurs have historically stayed in their lane, separate from political discourse and off front-page cover stories. Kjartan Rist, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 The fact that Reacher’s cover story has held up even this long requires us not so much to suspend our disbelief as to launch it into orbit. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover story

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 3 Mar. 2025.

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