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byline

or by-line

[ bahy-lahyn ]

noun

  1. a printed line of text accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving the author's name.


verb (used with object)

bylined, bylining.
  1. to accompany with a byline:

    Was the newspaper report bylined or was it anonymous?

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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·lԱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of byline1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; by- + line 1
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Example Sentences

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He is able to generate a lot of power with his right boot to cross the ball from deeper areas or hit the byline and cut back into the box too.

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The Porto number 52 shows promising movement while underlapping or overlapping to hit the byline to cross, and can manoeuvre in tight spaces to curl a cross into the box, much as Alexander-Arnold does.

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But she’s no equal — her boss wants to hog the byline for himself.

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A friend recently sent him a Didion quote with the snarky byline “Joan of Didion.”

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Most media outlets pay such freelance reporters poorly, and despite doing much of the ground work, they often don't receive proper recognition or a byline.

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