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dateline

dateline

42 4.8
Line at the start of a news article that shows the date and place it was sent from
  • noun
  • /ˈdeɪtlaɪn/
  • Literature
translation icon : lugar y fecha
  • Dateline Los Angeles.

Examples

  • News Flash: Dateline: Sept 25th, 2012...

    Blog text (21)

  • The only thing missing from this report is the dateline Cairo:

    Blog text (16)

  • The dateline read St. Louis.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Here is a flash from the associated press, Dateline Dallas.

    Mermaids (1990)

  • The dateline was Boston, and the story was accompanied by a photograph.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The dateline said NEWARK-LIVE.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Dateline: Parker Hannifin Corp., Haverhill, Mass.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Dateline: Clearwater Enviro Technologies Inc., Clearwater, Fla.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The 640 stories identified were coded separately, as a way of keeping track of the individual datelines, credit lines, and other characteristics that would vary within the package.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The journalist wrote, Dateline Paris, before starting her report on the fashion industry.

Surface Forms

dateline singular
datelines plural

Morphology

dateline = date + line (transparent) = date + line

The components 'date' + 'line' straightforwardly describe a printed line indicating the date (and place) at the start of an article.

Etymology

Dateline comes from the parts date ('day') and line ('a short row of words'), so it names the small line at the start of a news story that shows the place and day the report came from.