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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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by·line also by-line   (bī'līn')   
n.  A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.
tr.v.   by·lined also by-lined, by·lin·ing also by-lin·ing, by·lines also by-lines
To publish (a newspaper or magazine article) under a byline.
by'lin'er n.
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