DATELINE Definition & Meaning

dateline

[ deyt-lahyn ]

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noun

a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.

verb (used with object)

datelined, datelining.

to furnish (a news story) with a dateline:
He datelines his reports Damascus.

dateline

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noun

journalism the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of dateline¹

First recorded in 1885–90; date ¹ + line ¹

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His Senate office released a statement — with a Jersey City, New Jersey, dateline — while he was in U.S.

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Storms of sufficient wind speed are called hurricanes if they form east of the international dateline, and typhoons if they form to the west of the line.

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This story has been corrected to note that the dateline is Philadelphia rather than Norristown.

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In the grim aftermath of Nov. 22, 1963, the city’s darkest day, Dallas became a dateline of infamy.

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This story was updated to correct the spelling of Clayton in the dateline.

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