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by⋅line

[bahy-lahyn] noun, verb, -lined, -lin⋅ing. Journalism.
–noun
1. a printed line accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving the author's name.
–verb (used with object)
2. to accompany with a byline: Was the newspaper report bylined or was it anonymous?
Also, by-line.


Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; by- + line 1
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