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datelines

datelines is the plural of dateline.

Meaning of dateline

Noun

dateline (plural datelines)

  1. A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters.
    • Other bits of furniture include the dateline, which says where a journalist is reporting from – historically with the date of dispatch, eg “Buenos Aires, 1 March.”2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian

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Questions about datelines

What is datelines the plural of?
Datelines is the plural of dateline.

Words near datelines in the dictionary

  1. datelike
  2. dateline
  3. datelined
  4. dateliner
  5. dateliners
  6. datelines
  7. datelining
  8. DATEM
  9. datemark
  10. datemarks
  11. datenkraken

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Adapted from Wiktionary: datelines (page history and authors); dateline (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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