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
Example sentencesExamples
Read the lead story in our money section and discover an inventive way to get the down payment you need.
Today our lead story is FEMA's top priority: housing.
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.
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.
Definition of lead story in US English:
lead story
noun
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
Example sentencesExamples
The row of news summaries at the bottom further reduces the space available to create striking lead stories.
Read the lead story in our money section and discover an inventive way to get the down payment you need.
The issue of campaign finance will be our lead story on tomorrow's edition.
Today our lead story is FEMA's top priority: housing.
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.