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