Burying the lede

Burying the lede

In news style writing, burying the lede is beginning a piece with details of secondary importance to the reader, while postponing more essential points of fact or narration.

The spelling "bury the lead" is also common, but "lede" is a traditional variation which avoids ambiguity with the chemical element lead (historically used in printing).

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* [http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001128 Word of the Day - Lede]


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