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		felsokning on March 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Screen time robs average toddler of hearing 1,000 ... Just for the down-vote, have a look at `lede` not being introduced officially into Merriam-Webster until 2008[1]. [1] - https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bury-the-lede-versu...

al_borland on March 5, 2024 [–]

Here is another explanation that points to the telegraph being the origin, although they could only find one reference to it, while siting countless examples of it not being used outside of this very specific context.

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/lead-vs-lede-...

throwawaymarch5 on March 5, 2024 | [–]

*citing countless examples

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