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dateline

[ deyt-lahyn ]

noun

  1. a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.


verb (used with object)

, date·lined, date·lin·ing.
  1. to furnish (a news story) with a dateline:

    He datelines his reports Damascus.

dateline

/ ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn /

noun

  1. journalism the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dateline1

First recorded in 1885–90; date 1 + line 1

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Example Sentences

She was first interviewed for a Dateline special back in 2003 by then–NBC correspondent Katie Couric.

In March, she told Dateline NBC that Burnett told the Survivor jury, “Rich played the game better.”

When asked about Dateline, Sax said, “I am not going to discuss that.”

He has appeared as a guest commentator on Dateline NBC and CBS 48 Hours Mystery.

After being questioned by the Dateline NBC crew and promising them an on-air interview, Tice contacted me by email.

The dateline of each letter, which is right justified in the original, is here presented as a subtitle to each header.

The dateline of each letter, which was right justified in the original, is here presented as a centered subtitle.

Penny paid for the paper and carrying it over to a chair, quickly looked at the dateline.

The dateline showed it was July 10, just seven months from the beginning of his memory lapse.

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