by-line
Britishnoun
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journalism a line under the title of a newspaper or magazine article giving the author's name
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soccer another word for touchline
Example Sentences
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Solid defending from Kirsty Hanson on the cover for Villa down the left hand side of defence to deny Katie McCabe from reaching the by-line.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024
But Newcastle retook the lead five minutes before the end of an entertaining first half as Jacob Murphy stooped to head home after Matt Ritchie’s cross from the by-line had just evaded the leaping Wilson.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2021
So embarrassed was Lieberman by much of what he was writing that he refused to put his real name on the by-line.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2018
His impact was almost immediate, Willian liberating him to the by-line as Cathcart played the Belgian onside.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2016
Stopping for coffee and two burritos with green chili in a cafe near the central plaza, he leafed swiftly through all twenty magazines, marking the stories that carried a Charley Bloom by-line.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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