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byline

(also by-line)
 
 
/ˈbaɪlaɪn/ noun [C]

Definition

COMMUNICATIONS a line at the top or bottom of a newspaper or magazine article giving the writer's name: The article appeared in The Economist under her byline.
(Definition of byline noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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