text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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The Congressional Leadership Fund spent $50,000 on digital ads to support Theriault and a group called Pole Position PAC spent $75,000 on direct mail and text messaging.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
That includes seeking the new rules allowing super PACs and candidates to coordinate canvassing, allowing federal officials to raise unlimited sums for ballot measures and loosening rules on text messaging.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Everyone must also be in an RCS chat, not plain old text messaging.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Investigators found Westfall befriended several female inmates and used the jail’s text messaging system and phone calls to communicate with the women, according to a criminal citation.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
That includes seeking the new rules allowing super PACs and candidates to coordinate canvassing, allowing federal officials to raise unlimited sums for ballot measures and loosening rules on text messaging.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Everyone must also be in an RCS chat, not plain old text messaging.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Investigators found Westfall befriended several female inmates and used the jail’s text messaging system and phone calls to communicate with the women, according to a criminal citation.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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