byline

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/ˈbaɪlaɪn/

noun

A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounbyline (plural bylines)

plural bylines · alternative UK by-line

  1. journalismA line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.

    Paste Magazine opted not to put a byline on its harsh review of Swift’s album, citing safety concerns for the writer.

    2024 April 22, Matt Stevens, Shivani Gonzalez, “Taylor Swift Has Given Fans a Lot. Is It Finally Too Much?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 May 2024
  2. hobbiesA touchline.
verbbyline (third-person singular simple present bylines, present participle bylining, simple past and past participle bylined)

present singular third person bylines · participle present bylining · participle past bylined · past bylined · alternative UK by-line

  1. transitivejournalismTo provide (an article) with a byline.

    Mitchell, Lange and Brus (2013) find that in a top international relations Journal^([sic])—ISQ—83 percent of men's citation are to research bylined by just men, while 57 percent of women's citations are to articles bylined by just men (table 2).

    2020, Colin Elman, John Gerring, James Mahoney, editors, The Production of Knowledge: Enhancing Progress in Social Science, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, footnote 34, page 416

Origin

Translations

Czech jméno autora článku
  • jméno autora článkuTranslations
German Verfasserzeile
  • VerfasserzeileTranslations
Spanish pie de autor
  • pie de autorTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

byline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byline

MLA

“byline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “byline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byline.

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