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bylined

bylined

1 7.0
Having the author's name printed on an article in a newspaper or magazine
  • adjective
  • /ˈbaɪˌlaɪnd/
  • Literature
: firmado
  • Anything that has your byline on it that says by Mike Jones is adds to your credibility.

Examples

  • Many bylined contributors share their insights and experiences through personal stories.

  • So Donald Trump, via the byline of the Trump Organization would not work.

  • Bylined writers are Metro staff.

    Blog text (31)
  • Views of columnists and bylined feature writers, as expressed, are not necessarily those of The Social Edge.

    Blog text (22)
  • I mean, you know, we the the subtitle or the byline to who stole my pension is how can you stop the looting?

  • All three supplemented their bylined stories with wire stories, but even when wire stories ran, they were supplemented by the insertion of editors' background notes, local comments, or thoughtful packaging of stories to create a whole larger than the sum of its parts.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The journalist was proud to see her name bylined on the front page of the paper.

  • After completing the investigation, he submitted a bylined piece to the magazine.

Synonyms

credited
vsbylined
2 3.9

People say a person or group made something

is specifically named in a publication as the article's author

Surface Forms

bylined positive

Morphology

bylined = byline (transparent) = byline + ed

The adjective is a regular formation from the noun 'byline' (having a byline), so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word bylined comes from byline, the short line in a newspaper or magazine that says 'By [name]'. So a bylined story is one that has the writer's name printed and shown as the author.