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Originally Posted by Jay Random
‘Lead’ is correct. ‘Lede’ is journalistic slang, and probably arose because lead (the metal) used to be used in the printing business.
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You’re probably right. The Oxford and merriam-Webster dictionaries are probably wrong.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word...de-versus-lead
In journalism, the lede refers to the introductory section of a news story that is intended to entice the reader to read the full story. It appears most frequently in the idiom bury the lede.