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noun

byline

BEYE-lyn
noun
1
The line at the top of a news article giving the author's name.
"Her byline appeared on the front page for the first time."

How to Use Byline

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe credit line naming who wrote a news or magazine article.

Common pairings
carry a byline a shared byline

Word Forms

bylined past tense, bylines plural, bylines singular

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