to headline
- verb
- /ˈhɛdˌlaɪn/
- Literature
- Science ran a news story on the study, headlined "Privatization Prevents Collapse of Fish Stocks, Global Analysis Shows."
- headlined article
- headlined the story
Examples
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And there is this story from the NYT, ominously headlined: "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq.
Blog text (25) -
A front page article of the 18 November 1998 Education Week, headlined "NAEP Paints Poor Picture of Arts,"
Academic text (1999) -
United Press International headlined the story: "Archbishop Attacked by Pro-abortionist."
Academic text (2000) -
For example, in mid-September 1994, newspapers around the country once again headlined global warming.
Academic text (1995) -
Big news from the NFL, which has announced that this year's Super Bowl halftime show will be headlined by Rihanna.
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The page of the newspaper being presented to the camera bears a story headlined: Gangster slain.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Summit Parley Overshadowed by Rights Issue," a front-page story in the New York Times was headlined.
Academic text (2011) -
Alex Pareene from Salon joined the pile-on Monday in a piece headlined "Andrew Cuomo, Fake Democrat."
Blog text (18) -
The breaking story was headlined: FATAL ATTRACTION MURDER AT CLINTON COLLEGE.
Fiction book (1992) -
The article was headlined "New Discoveries in Space Exploration."
Compounds
- Specialized
A heading at the top of each page that shows the title or section
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Headline as a verb comes from the noun and the parts head and line; head means 'top' and line means 'a line of text', so to headline a story is to give it the title that sits at the top of the page.