Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
leading article
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ 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.
Usage examples of "leading article".
The editor was reading, with apparent delight, a leading article in the same paper on beet-sugar, probably a composition of his own.
He folded his copy of Europa News, then pointed out the byline of the leading article.
Burk, taking his copy, glanced once at the first page, folded it carefully and laid the sheet before his employer with the headlines of a leading article uppermost.