dateline

plural datelines

1. journalismA line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters.

   Other bits of furniture include the dateline, which says where a journalist is reporting from – historically with the date of dispatch, eg “Buenos Aires, 1 March.”

   2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian

present singular third person datelines · participle present datelining · participle past datelined · past datelined

1. To attach a dateline to a particular document.

   He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926."

   1993, Joel Williamson, William Faulkner and Southern History, →ISBN, page 207

1. misspellingMisspelling of deadline.