From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishleading articleleading ar‧ti‧cle /ˌliːdɪŋ ˈɑːtɪkəl $ -ˈɑːr-/ noun [countable] British EnglishTCN a piece of writing in a newspaper giving the paper’s opinion on a subject SYN editorial
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leading article• Its leading article reminded me of Commander Courtney's warnings.• Then came the news that the Daily Mail compositors had refused to set an offending leading article. 