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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Newsweek ran a cover story on the movie titled, TV's Nuclear Nightmare. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 In honor of the late actor, below is PEOPLE’s cover story from the archive about his shocking death. —

Michelle Tauber, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025 Fogelman was already cutting the network versions of the episode last fall when Variety spoke with him for this week’s cover story featuring Brown. —

Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Jan. 2025 In a new cover story interview with Elle published Tuesday (Jan. 28), the 13-time Grammy winner gave her two cents on artists such as Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX rapidly reaching superstar status in 2024 with their respective projects. —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cover story