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by-line

by-line is the alternative spelling of byline.

Meaning of byline

Noun

byline (plural bylines)

  1. A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.
    • Paste Magazine opted not to put a byline on its harsh review of Swift’s album, citing safety concerns for the writer.2024 April 22, Matt Stevens, Shivani Gonzalez, “Taylor Swift Has Given Fans a Lot. Is It Finally Too Much?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 May 2024
  2. A touchline.

See all 3 meanings of byline

Forms of by-line

pluralby-lines

Questions about by-line

What is by-line the alternative spelling of?
By-line is the alternative spelling of byline.

Words near by-line in the dictionary

  1. by-interest
  2. by-lane
  3. by-lanes
  4. by-law
  5. by-laws
  6. by-line
  7. by-lines
  8. by-motive
  9. by-motives
  10. by-name
  11. by-names

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by-line (page history and authors); byline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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