coverline

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noun

A line of text on the front cover of a magazine, briefly describing and promoting the content.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouncoverline (plural coverlines)

plural coverlines

  1. A line of text on the front cover of a magazine, briefly describing and promoting the content.

    My face was on the cover of Inc. magazine, and the coverline said: "Zumba, Company of the Year."

    2017 September 28, Beto Perez, “The Moment I Realized That I - and Zumba - Had Achieved the American Dream”, in PopSugar
    1 more example

    “The optimum number of coverlines on a real life title is seven,” he says. “But Chat’s design enables it to run one more than that, giving it a real advantage, one more hook to pull readers in.”

    2010 November 22, Peter Genower, “Today’s covers - reader focused, brand aware - and hard, hard sell”, in InPublishing

Origin

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APA

coverline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coverline

MLA

“coverline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coverline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coverline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coverline.

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