How to Use byline in a Sentence

byline

1 of 2 noun
  • The names of reporters are in the byline.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wonderful to be able to put a face to the byline.
    AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
  • My dance friends were abuzz about my first byline in The Times.
    Heather Knight, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Barcelona had Atleti pinned back and playing out from their own byline.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Keep an eye out for these interns’ bylines this summer.
    Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
  • Email the author through the link in the byline with your suggestion.
    Chloe Bennett, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • In that case the credit is not considered a byline.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Lauro warned his brother against putting his byline on the story.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • Now there are a ton of designers involved with bylines and credits on the box.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • No new email address, certainly no new byline, no new name at the top of my résumé.
    Megan Angelo, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Each reporter will be given a byline if his/her story is published.
    TIME.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Two of the biggest names in their respective fields not only share a cause, but a byline.
    CBS News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Speaking out against the horrors of war is the solemn oath anyone who puts their byline of any story vows to do.
    Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The part outside the goalposts is also often called the byline.
    Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 June 2026
  • This way, when arriving at the byline, the winger was able to hook their strong foot around the ball to get it into the box.
    Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The irony of his final byline being this particular film is not lost on either of us.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Feinstein, who died last year, didn’t get a byline either; cub reporters often didn’t.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The graphic below shows how often Neto hits the byline.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The stable of guest bylines that have been featured on the site would make any publishing house editor drool.
    Erin Gloria Ryan, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Readers could trust every word in a story with a Richard Wilson byline.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2023
  • An excerpt from the pages of his journal is presented, stand-alone, complete with heading and byline.
    Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2020
  • There were 15 or so minutes left in normal time and West Ham had the ball close to their own byline.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The byline was Rick Carroll, the reporter who had broken the story in the first place.
    Jack Healy, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Al-Masri’s byline is listed on the Reuters live signal page from the day of the attack.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Enter David Beard, whose byline is known by devotees of our testing content.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Here, against Qatar, Johnston drives forward to fend off two defenders to get to the byline.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Anyone reading about sports in the region was bound to see Steward’s byline, too – and not always in the same place.
    Jon Becker, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Moving him elsewhere would water down his ability to drive beyond full-backs and get towards the byline.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • This may be repeated with Garnacho in light of his preference to stay wide and drive to the byline.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Her goal was to parlay her bylines to a writing career in New York City media.
    Taylor Lorenz, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023

byline

2 of 2 verb
  • Menier’s bio notes that the seemingly fake author has bylined nearly 250 articles.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 30 July 2026
  • The paper does allow its online writers to sign their articles with their initials, and occasional special reports in the print edition are bylined as well.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The story was bylined by Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • But none of these writers — who, even more strangely, don’t appear to have actually bylined any of the site’s content — appear to exist beyond Le Ravi‘s site.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 30 July 2026
  • In addition, Russini co-bylined a story with another reporter about Vrabel’s firing from the Titans.
    Mike Semel, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Russini also co-bylined an analysis with Joe Rexrode in January 2024.
    Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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