newspaper headline
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpər ˈhɛdˌlaɪn/
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titular de periódico
- One newspaper headline, "Mindset of Rogue Major a Mystery," sums up this bogus state of confusion.
- newspaper headlines trumpet
The Ford administration's refusal refusal to extend aid was immortalized in a famous newspaper headline that read Ford to City Drop Dead.
- The Ford administration's refusal refusal to extend aid was immortalized in a famous newspaper headline that read Ford to City Drop Dead.
Examples
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Then we go into our offices and read the newspaper headlines for joke ideas.
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How many times do you see newspaper headlines about people's sexuality?
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I saw the newspaper headlines as we came away from the court.
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And you, with your background of school books and newspaper headlines, you consider that you know more than me.
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The newspaper headlines spoke of death in foreign places and at home.
Academic text (2007) -
The result is described briefly in a newspaper headline.
Academic text (1997) -
The December 1992 newspaper headline seemed to say it all: "Hospital Giving Bonuses"
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Scarcely a day goes by without a newspaper headline announcing the formation of yet another virtual university.
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The following week, the front-page newspaper headline told the story: "Cherokee Grand Jury Resents Slanderous Night Rider Reports."
Academic text (2013) -
In the morning, we can read newspaper headlines from around the world.
Synonyms
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The title at the top of a newspaper article that tells the main point
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A large headline that runs across the top of a newspaper page
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A short title at the top of a page that shows what follows
Short heading at the top of a page that shows what the text is about
A very wide newspaper headline that runs across the whole front page
A headline with the first line at the left edge and later lines moved to the right
A news title made to get attention using popular topics
How Sensational
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently compositional: 'newspaper' (a printed news medium) + 'headline' (the title atop a news story) yields the title of a newspaper article, which a learner who knows both words can infer. This noun‑noun compound follows a common, cross‑linguistic compounding pattern and requires no idiomatic knowledge, so it is immediately understandable at B1 level.
Etymology
Newspaper headline comes from early newspapers where a big headline ran at the top of the page as the 'head' of the story. That's why it means the article's main title that grabs readers' attention.