cover story
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cover story
noun cover stories
- A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover. We didn't even think it was that important, at first, and yet by the end of the week it had become the cover story of the next issue.
- A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive. The cover story of an intelligence agent posing as a foreign service officer is called a diplomatic cover in the trade.
- Any fictitious account used to hide, distract from, or falsely explain the truth which one intends to conceal.
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noun fictitious account
| Español | tapadera, cubierta, identidad falsa |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 託詞 /托词 tuōcí |
| Português | história para encobrir |
| Français | couverture |
| Deutsch | Legende, Tarnung |
| Italiano | mascheramento, sotto copertura |
| Русский | прикры́тие prikrýtije, леге́нда legénda |
noun story on a publication's front page
| Español | primera plana, cover story, cover-story, historieta de portada/carátula |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 封面故事 fēngmiàn gùshì |
| Português | manchete |
| Français | gros titre |
| Deutsch | Titelgeschichte, Coverstory |
| Русский | те́ма но́мера téma nómera, гла́вная статья́ glávnaja statʹjá, загла́вная исто́рия zaglávnaja istórija |
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@misc{cover_story_2026,
title = {cover story},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cover%20story},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
