lede

noun

ˈlēd

: the introductory section of a news story that is intended to entice the reader to read the full story

Examples of lede in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Humans would write the ledes; GPT-2 would write the seemingly credible body text. —

Sarah Kreps, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2019 Red Hat's post was a rich example of burying the lede and a decisive moment for many who follow the tricky balance of Red Hat's open source commitments and service contract business. —

Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 June 2023 Clyde Haberman had a clever lede in his obit: James Hoge, who was a blue-blooded editor and publisher of blue-collar newspapers in Chicago and New York for a quarter-century and then long guided a leading journal on international relations . . . —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Sep. 2023 However, despite the dominant themes of enemies and bad reputation, the underlying lede is the secret romance evolving despite them. —

Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for lede

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