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byline

American  
[bahy-lahyn] / ˈbaɪˌlaɪn /
Or by-line

noun

  • bylines
    plural
  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?

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Etymology

Origin of byline

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


Example Sentences

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Each site was given a made-up journalist's byline and a fake Twitter/X account, boosted by hundreds of fake accounts posting comments meant to look like real people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Pep's thinking at this point was to deploy traditional wingers – Doku and Savinho, who could get to the byline with Foden and Reijnders expected to arrive into the box to help Haaland score goals.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Axel-owned Business Insider in December launched a pilot program for AI to write quick news stories under a designated byline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

With a higher concentration of film critics per row than at any other theater, the Holiday was the best place to spot people I only knew by byline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

Though the piece carried no byline, the style was Owen’s and no one in the world of the natural sciences doubted the authorship.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

But after years of fighting for my own bylines, my ambition now was to help my students thrive, make a living and not repeat my mistakes.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

After a candid manager made clear on day one that the role offered no path to future bylines or airtime, I quit on day two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

I’ve been doing daily art journalism for 45 years — 36 of them at The Times, with 2,195 bylines — so I’m about to find out whether this quitting will also be hellish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

The publication gave dozens of young writers from diverse backgrounds their first major bylines.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

And just when we got used to seeing their bylines, off to the Gulf the Goenkars went.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

“It is possible, perhaps probable, that I had more bylined articles in the Post-Dispatch — certainly in the sports section — than anyone else who ever has worked there. And, of that, I’m proud.”

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

Munson, herself an artists’ model, was neither happy nor prosperous toward the end of her career, when she expressed that lament in a bylined article syndicated by the Hearst newspapers.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

In the weeks before the election, German bylined reports about an office “mired in turmoil and internal dissension” between longtime employees and new hires under Telles’ leadership.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

Several of Targeted Victory’s op-eds contained links to negative news coverage about TikTok and were often bylined by influential community figures and politicians, including Democrats.

From The Verge ● Mar. 30, 2022

These appear in the Times opinion section, opposite the page where bylined opinion columns run.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2022

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