leading article

[ lee-ding ]

noun

, Journalism.

1. Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
2. British. leader ( def 5b ).

leading article

/ ˈliːdɪŋ /

noun

1. another term for leader
2. the article given most prominence in a magazine or newspaper

Word History and Origins

Origin of leading article¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

The Guardian’s own leading article, published even as the Trabants queued by the mile to get into the west, summed up liberal hopes: “The wealth is at last available not only to tackle long-neglected evils at home, but to pay for a genuine fight against poverty, injustices and ecological disaster in the rest of the world.”

From The Guardian

It was reported in The Times of 11 September 1862 as a leading article.

From BBC

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

“This house is shocked,” it wrote in a leading article.

From The Guardian

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