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Definition of byline
1 : a secondary line : sideline
2 : a line at the beginning of a news story, magazine article, or book giving the writer's name
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Recent Examples of byline from the Web
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Longtime readers of Daily Intelligencer and New York Magazine will instantly recognize the byline of S. Jhoanna Robledo, our real-estate reporter of more than a decade.
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THEN: Appearing under the byline Dorothy Dix, Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer's advice column first appeared in The Picayune in 1896.
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By Emma Brown (c) 2017, The Washington Post Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly ran with the byline of Danielle Dreilinger instead of the Washington Post.
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The cookbook's first edition carried no byline, but culinary historian Rien Fertel said his research has led him to conclude the author was Marie Louise Points, a writer for The Picayune and other publications.
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Eleven of the 13 songs on the album carry the bylines of Kelley, Scott and Heywood.
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Women working alone byline about 17.1 percent of publications, and all-female teams take a mere 2.4 percent of all journal articles.
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The same can also be said about the appearance of any new book under the Michael Crichton byline.
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Since leaving the chamber, Bobbitt has been a Daily Commercial reporter, writing under the byline Christie Gilpin.
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First Known Use of byline
1916
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byline
verb
by·line
Definition of byline
transitive verb
: to write (an article) under a byline
First Known Use of byline
1938
BYLINE Defined for English Language Learners
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noun
Definition of byline for English Language Learners
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: a line at the beginning of a newspaper or magazine article that gives the writer's name
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