byline
or by-line
a printed line of text accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving the author's name.
to accompany with a byline: Was the newspaper report bylined or was it anonymous?
Origin of byline
1Other words from byline
- un·by·lined, adjective
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How to use byline in a sentence
The idea is that a summary of what you have done is far more interesting than a detailed line-by-line activity stream.
We basically did a painstaking, line-by-line vetting by phone with one of the best First Amendment attorneys in the country.
Many times Penny, ever alert for news, had enjoyed the satisfaction of seeing her stories appear with a by-line.
Saboteurs on the River | Mildred A. WirtThe footnotes indicating the narrator have been moved to a by-line directly under the title of the story.
Filipino Popular Tales | Dean S. FanslerMy stuff was run verbatim under a by-line and afterward picked up by the wire services.
The Scapegoat | Richard Maples
Some male passers-by line up on the edge of the sidewalk and look on with a superior air.
Jersey Street and Jersey Lane | H. C. BunnerSo when two of them appear in one by-line, it can certainly be called a scoop; so that's what we'll call it.
The Enormous Room | Horace Leonard Gold
British Dictionary definitions for by-line
journalism a line under the title of a newspaper or magazine article giving the author's name
soccer another word for touchline
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