Definitions

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  • noun A smaller, secondary headline that usually elaborates on the main headline above it.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ headline

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Examples

  • The subheadline is the first line you speak when you actually start giving the toast.

    The Answer John Assaraf 2008

  • The subheadline is the first line you speak when you actually start giving the toast.

    The Answer John Assaraf 2008

  • The subheadline on the story notes that millionaires fleeing the state millionaire's tax caused county revenues to drop 82 percent.

    Montgomery County Facing Billion Dollar Deficit Matt Johnston 2010

  • "Brown defeats Orange in race to replace Gray" -- subheadline, WRC-TV website (Washington), Sept.   15

    Islamic Affirmative Action 2010

  • The subheadline on the story notes that millionaires fleeing the state millionaire's tax caused county revenues to drop 82 percent.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Matt Johnston 2010

  • "Farmers in Austria are searching for the 'Queen of the herds' with a cow beauty contest" -- subheadline, Daily Telegraph (London), Aug. The Lonely Lives of Cougars

    Great Moments in Public Diplomacy 2010

  • Observer alum Gabriel Sherman weighs in with a piece on The Big Money called Micro Economics with the subheadline "Why Steve Jobs and micropayments won't save the media."

    The Time of Our <i>Times</i> 2009

  • Easy Zach, as the LA Times writes in their subheadline, “The House passes a hastily written GOP bill that is almost certain to flop in the Senate.”

    Midterm Roundup 2009

  • A pair of bucket seats costs $1,500, but the price point that seems to offend the Post is lower: "ONLY $80 for a spponful of Yankee soil," reads the subheadline.

    Wood War: Who Wins Today's Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs? 2009

  • Observer alum Gabriel Sherman weighs in with a piece on The Big Money called Micro Economics with the subheadline "Why Steve Jobs and micropayments won't save the media."

    The Time of Our <i>Times</i> 2009

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