byline

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noun

by·​line ˈbī-ˌlīn How to pronounce byline (audio)
1
: a secondary line : sideline
2
: a line at the beginning of a news story, magazine article, or book giving the writer's name

byline

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verb

bylined; bylining; bylines

transitive verb

: to write (an article) under a byline
byliner
ˈbī-ˌlī-nər How to pronounce byline (audio)
noun

Examples of byline in a Sentence

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Noun
Going forward, these weekday articles offering a Christian Science perspective on our lives and the world are being published without a byline and read for audio by our audio team. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026 City are built around the freakish goalscoring ability of Erling Haaland, while wide players such as Antoine Semenyo and Jeremy Doku have been specifically recruited to hold width and drive to the byline to create chances for the big Norwegian. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
Menier’s bio notes that the seemingly fake author has bylined nearly 250 articles. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 30 July 2026 The story was bylined by Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for byline

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of byline was in 1916

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byline

noun
by·​line
ˈbī-ˌlīn
: a line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article giving the writer's name
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