to dateline
- verb
- /ˈdeɪtlaɪn/
- Printed among a number of brief items in an untitled article datelined "Paris, 29 August 1814," the story reads as follows:
Examples
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The Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and Washington Post all ran long "take-out" stories datelined from different West Bank settlements during that period; the Los Angeles Times ran two such stories.
Academic text (2001) -
The article was datelined London, providing details about the Royal Wedding.
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I turned to page three, to a UPI filler datelined Mexico City.
Fiction book (1990) -
On September 13, just two days after the attack, the New York Times published an article, datelined Benghazi, by Suliman Ali.
Blog text (27) -
In its late edition on Nov. 5, the newspaper ran a 422-word article datelined Jerusalem that reported Israel's military operation and the fact that Hamas had retaliated with mortar fire.
Blog text (18) -
She submitted her report, datelined New Delhi, to the editorial team early in the morning.
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The journalist's piece was datelined Tokyo, outlining the latest developments in technology.
Synonyms
To write the day on a document so people know when it is made
To stamp a letter with an official mark showing the date and place it was sent
Mark something with the date to show when it was received or processed
To put a date and sometimes a place on something to show when it was made or received
To mark something with a date to show when it was made or received
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dateline as a verb comes from the noun dateline and the idea of adding a date ('day') and place to a text. To dateline something is to mark it with that short line showing when and where it was written.