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to dateline

1 7.1
To mark a document with the date and place of writing
  • verb
  • /ˈdeɪtlaɪn/
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  • Printed among a number of brief items in an untitled article datelined "Paris, 29 August 1814," the story reads as follows:

Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The journalist's piece was datelined Tokyo, outlining the latest developments in technology.

Synonyms

to date
vsto dateline
454 1.0

To write the day on a document so people know when it is made

can be broader and may only give the day not the location
to postmark
vsto dateline
12 3.9

To stamp a letter with an official mark showing the date and place it was sent

applies to writing or publication rather than only mailed items
to date stamp
vsto dateline
1 3.0

Mark something with the date to show when it was received or processed

adds the place of writing or publication to the marking
to date-mark
vsto dateline
5.5

To put a date and sometimes a place on something to show when it was made or received

includes both day and location for writing and publication
to datemark
vsto dateline
6.3

To mark something with a date to show when it was made or received

typically lacks the location detail included for writing or publication

Surface Forms

dateline infinitive
datelined past
datelined past participle
datelining present participle
datelines third person singular

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.