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headline

head·line

UK/ˈhɛd.laɪn/ US/ˈhɛˌdlaɪn/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

verb

1.

publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline

2.

provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

Origin

From head + line.

Phrases

  • Betteridge's law of headlines
  • grab the headlines
  • hammer headline
  • headline inflation
  • headline style
  • hit the headlines
  • make the headlines
  • running headline

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