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date line

date line

noun

  1. often capitals short for International Date Line
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


date line

/ dāt /

  1. The International Date Line.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of date line1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

A letter had been wrapped around the photograph,51 with an address and a date line twelve years old.

Two of them bore nothing but the date line, made illegible, it would seem, by the writer's haste and nervousness.

He gave one look at the article, and then his eyes went up to the date-line.

Boone took the missive which bore a South American date line and, after reading it, handed it without comment to Asa.

The date line is fundamentally simple, but is difficult to explain.

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