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- noun A smaller, secondary
headline that usuallyelaborates on the main headline above it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The subheadline is the first line you speak when you actually start giving the toast.
The Answer John Assaraf 2008
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The subheadline is the first line you speak when you actually start giving the toast.
The Answer John Assaraf 2008
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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
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"Brown defeats Orange in race to replace Gray" -- subheadline, WRC-TV website (Washington), Sept. 15
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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
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"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
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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."
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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
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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
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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."
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