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dateline

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See also: Date Line

English

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Etymology

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From date +‎ line.

Noun

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dateline (plural datelines)

  1. (journalism) 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.
    • 2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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.”
  2. Misspelling of deadline.
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Verb

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dateline (third-person singular simple present datelines, present participle datelining, simple past and past participle datelined)

  1. To attach a dateline to a particular document
    • 1993, Joel Williamson, William Faulkner and Southern History[2], →ISBN, page 207:
      He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926."

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English dateline.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːt.lɑi̯n/
  • Hyphenation: date‧line

Noun

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dateline m (plural datelines)

  1. (journalism) dateline