front-page

front-page
/frunt"payj"/, adj., v., front-paged, front-paging.
adj.
1. of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
v.t.
2. to run (copy) on the front page, esp. of a newspaper.
[1900-05, Amer.]

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