lead story

collocation in English

meaningsofleadandstory

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withstory.
lead
adjective[before noun]
uk
/liːd/us
/liːd/
used to describe the main performer or part in ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofleadandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflead story

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All things being equal, local news will be theleadstoryin any news bulletin.
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Its mainleadstorywas the founding of a public relations department in the first issue.
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As that was theleadstory, it presented some difficulties for me.
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Those 90 people were theleadstory, with two-inch headlines in the local newspaper, and they were on the news broadcasts.
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Several newspaper editors gave evidence to the effect that they would not normally expect their proprietors to know theleadstoryprior to publication.
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He was really excited at the prospect of portraying hard-hitting issueleadstory.
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Theleadstorystill appears on the upper-right hand of the front page.
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One of the words had the clueleadstorytomorrow, with the answer being 14 letters long.
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Information regarding the scandal was leaked to the press, and shortly thereafter it had become aleadstoryin many national media outlets.
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For example, pack journalism can occur when a news organization decides to make a particular story theleadstoryonly because other news organizations are doing so.
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