dateline

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Etymology

date +‎ line

Noun

dateline (plural datelines)

1. (journalism) A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the date and place of origin.

Related terms

• byline
• headline

See also

• Glossary of journalism: Article components

Verb

dateline (third-person singular simple present datelines, present participle datelining, simple past and past participle datelined)

1. To attach a dateline to a particular document
   • 1993, Joel Williamson, William Faulkner and Southern History^[1], ISBN 0195101294, page 207:

     He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926."

Anagrams

• entailed
• lineated