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Noun: lede
  1. The introductory section of a story
    "it was an amusing lede-in to a very serious matter";
    - lead, lead-in

Derived forms: ledes

Type of: section, subdivision

Part of: news article, news story, newspaper article

Encyclopedia: Lede, Belgium