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cover story

noun [C usually singular]
 
 

Definition

a report or article connected with the picture on the front of a magazineAccounts and storiesSummaries and summarising
(Definition of cover story noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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