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: a line in a written document or a printed publication giving the date and place of composition or issue
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dateline
transitive verb
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Next dateline is New Orleans for a 20-year anniversary special on Hurricane Katrina, airing Aug. 24.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
In newspaper and wire service parlance, a dateline is the name of a place, typically written in capital letters and followed by an em dash, at the beginning of an article.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Here is a smattering of notable holiday datelines published over the years.
—John Otis, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
An Associated Press story with a December 16 Los Angeles dateline quotes the Service as saying that over the years, Castellanos had taken 200 sheep-poaching American hunters into Baja California.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
In newspaper and wire service parlance, a dateline is the name of a place, typically written in capital letters and followed by an em dash, at the beginning of an article.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Here is a smattering of notable holiday datelines published over the years.
—John Otis, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
An Associated Press story with a December 16 Los Angeles dateline quotes the Service as saying that over the years, Castellanos had taken 200 sheep-poaching American hunters into Baja California.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Dateline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dateline. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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