dateline

noun

date·​line ˈdāt-ˌlīn 

1

: a line in a written document or a printed publication giving the date and place of composition or issue

2

usually Date line or date line : international date line

dateline transitive verb

Examples of dateline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This story has been corrected to show that the city in the dateline is Mombasa, not Nairobi. — ABC News, 16 June 2026

So did dozens of journalists hoping only to file a story with a Madrid dateline and thereby prove their access and daring via this war of fascism against democracy, pitting the great powers of the world against one another in shadowy combat. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026

Many of the towns had been notorious datelines during the Civil Rights Movement. — Scott Simon, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026

Check out the fancy all-caps dateline below. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dateline

• alkaline
• andesine
• anodyne
• anticline
• arginine
• asinine
• benzidine
• borderline
• byzantine
• calamine
• caroline
• centerline

Kids Definition

date line

noun

: international date line