by-line
Britishnoun
-
journalism a line under the title of a newspaper or magazine article giving the author's name
-
soccer another word for touchline
Vocabulary lists containing by-line
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But Newcastle retook the lead five minutes before the end of an entertaining first half as Jacob Murphy stooped to head home after Matt Ritchie’s cross from the by-line had just evaded the leaping Wilson.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2021
So embarrassed was Lieberman by much of what he was writing that he refused to put his real name on the by-line.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2018
He exchanged passes with Adam Lallana and broke to the by-line, crossing from the left for the unmarked Sakho to head into the roof of Joel Robles’ goal.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2016
After all, the by-line of Glastonbury is “Love the farm – leave no trace,” but thousands don’t.
From Time • Jul. 7, 2014
Stopping for coffee and two burritos with green chili in a cafe near the central plaza, he leafed swiftly through all twenty magazines, marking the stories that carried a Charley Bloom by-line.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
