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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

Frost's claim relates to four articles published between 2003 and 2005 on which Lampert has a byline.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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

Glamorously writing under the byline Genêt, she filled her dispatches with more fizz than champagne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

She parrots the byline they typically run beneath my face.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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

Since joining this news organization, he has averaged about 266 bylines per year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

It was heartbreaking to see bylines without reporters like Yeganeh Torbati.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026

Readers will recognize both bylines from our pages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

Like the innovative Ivan Fera, who died young along with the promise of immense talent and many bylines in journals like The Illustrated Weekly.

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

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 June primary, German bylined reports about an office “mired in turmoil and internal dissension” between longtime employees and new hires under Telles’ leadership.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 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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