headline has definitions from the fields of linguistics,writing
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[ noun ] (linguistics,writing) the heading or caption of a newspaper article

Used in print

(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)

Several years ago headlines were made by a small radio_transmitter capsule which could be swallowed by the patient and which would then radio internal pressure data to external receivers .

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[ verb ] publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline

Used in print

(Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)

The Corn Palace at Mitchell , S._Dak. , `` the world 's corniest building '' , has a carnival through Sept. 23 headlining the Three Stooges and Pee_Wee_Hunt .

Related terms

advertise

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[ verb ] provide with a headline, as of a newspaper page or a story

Related terms

supply publication

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