1
: a line in a written document or a printed publication giving the date and place of composition or issue
2
dateline
transitive verb
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Of particular note within these articles are the datelines, which were phrased in such a way as to not disclose confidential location information to the enemy.
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Sara Pezzoni, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
Popular on Variety Nicks’ poem that accompanies Swift’s new album is dated Aug. 13, 2023, with a dateline saying it was put to paper in Austin, Texas.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Our overall policy on datelines and stand-alone datelines is in the stylebook in the datelines and dateline selection entries.
—WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
For places formally designated as refugee camps, avoid the clunky refugee camp verbiage in a dateline.
—WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
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Sara Pezzoni, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
Popular on Variety Nicks’ poem that accompanies Swift’s new album is dated Aug. 13, 2023, with a dateline saying it was put to paper in Austin, Texas.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Our overall policy on datelines and stand-alone datelines is in the stylebook in the datelines and dateline selection entries.
—WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
For places formally designated as refugee camps, avoid the clunky refugee camp verbiage in a dateline.
—WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
See all Example Sentences for dateline
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“Dateline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dateline. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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