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cover story

noun

  1. a magazine article highlighted by an illustration on the cover.
  2. a fabricated story used to conceal a true purpose; alibi:

    No one believed the cover story released to the press.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of cover story1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Unsurprisingly, a deeper read of the cable shows that "anti-Christian bias" is the cover story propped up to justify Rubio's actual assault on freedom of religion at State.

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In February, New York Magazine published a cover story saying Newsweek columnist and CBS News contributor Joe Klein was the author, but he denied it so vehemently that speculation about others continued for months.

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In an Entertainment Weekly cover story — one year before the magazine’s “Moreau” chronicle — Kilmer said, “I’ve done an absurdly commercial cartoon, and now I’m more likely to get a job I couldn’t get before.”

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The recording surfaced days after the Hollywood Reporter published a cover story about Majors’ return to the big screen.

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In a recent cover story interview with Variety, the musician said that inhabiting The Weeknd at this point is a mental challenge.

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