Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A phrase at the beginning of a newspaper or magazine article that gives the date and place of its origin.
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- noun journalism A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the date and place of origin.
- verb To attach a dateline to a particular document
Etymologies
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Examples
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This week's column carries what in the news business is called a dateline, signifying physical presence.
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CHOICE OF NAMES: In most cases, the name of the nation in a dateline is the conventionally accepted short form of its official name: Argentina, for example, rather than Republic of Argentina.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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CHOICE OF NAMES: In most cases, the name of the nation in a dateline is the conventionally accepted short form of its official name: Argentina, for example, rather than Republic of Argentina.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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You then give reporters a ride into the jungle, providing what in the news business is called a dateline, which suggests an eyewitness account, and you encourage the gullible to disseminate only your version and its lies.
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The dateline is the Supreme Court made that decision on June 25th.
Democracy Now! 2009
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You then give reporters a ride into the jungle, providing what in the news business is called a dateline, which suggests an eyewitness account, and you encourage the gullible to disseminate only your version and its lies.
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You then give reporters a ride into the jungle, providing what in the news business is called a dateline, which suggests an eyewitness account, and you encourage the gullible to disseminate only your version and its lies.
body on the line 2009
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Crucially, Gannon, with a Qana "dateline" to her first piece, was there at the time - and lied.
Part 8 - Discussion and conclusions Richard 2006
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Maybe I shouldn't have started this post with the word "dateline" ...
I'll have what she's having Sinfonian 2006
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Maybe I shouldn't have started this post with the word "dateline" ...
Archive 2006-11-19 Sinfonian 2006
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