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cover story
noun
- a magazine article highlighted by an illustration on the cover.
- a fabricated story used to conceal a true purpose; alibi:
No one believed the cover story released to the press.
Word History and Origins
Origin of cover story1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.”
The recording surfaced days after the Hollywood Reporter published a cover story about Majors’ return to the big screen.
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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