Headline News ˈhedlaɪn Newspaper Story Important Noun Ran

• a newspaper headline
• they ran the story under the headline ‘home at last!’.
• the scandal was in the headlines for several days.
• an alarming headline about possible terrorist attacks

headline

1. the title of a news article printed in large letters, especially at the top of the front page on a newspaper or the home page on a news website
• SEE ALSO banner headline
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• a newspaper headline
• They ran the story under the headline ‘Home at last!’.
• The scandal was in the headlines for several days.
• an alarming headline about possible terrorist attacks
• The engagement of the two tennis stars made headline news.

Extra Examples

• ‘Dog bites man’ is hardly headline news!
• I just had time to scan the headlines before leaving for work.
• Journalists don't usually write the headlines for their stories.
• The Guardian carried the front-page headline ‘Drugs Firms Shamed’.
2. a short summary of the most important items of news, read at the beginning of a news programme on the radio or television
• Do you mind if I listen to the headlines before we leave?
• Let's just hear the news headlines.
3. to be an important item of news in the media

Extra Examples

• He always manages to grab the headlines.
• The hospital hit the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
• The story was important enough to make the headlines.