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?

Other Word Forms

• unbylined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of byline¹

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

Example Sentences

Presidents and generals have dreaded seeing his byline.

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A simple bronze plaque included the accent over the “e” in “Rubén,” which his Times byline never had.

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It was the first lesson of a sportswriter — don’t worry about the money, bask in the spotlight of having your name appear in a byline.

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Heartless, she wants a bigger story, something that would put her byline on the front page.

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The section’s sole byline, from a Chicago writer named Marco Buscaglia, appears on nearly a dozen articles.

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