2
: a device used to send or receive facsimile communications
3
: a facsimile communication
fax
verb
Examples of fax in a Sentence
She sent me a copy of her report by fax.
She sent me a fax of her report.
Recent Examples on the Web
Then, Pat Sheridan's initial cancer diagnosis was ignored for six months, because his paperwork was left unseen on a fax machine.
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Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Alaska is a no-excuse voting state, meaning anyone can apply to vote absentee by mail, fax or online.
—USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
Error 321 is a communication error that would appear on a fax machine with a poor telephone line connection.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
Small businesses are also poised to be impacted, along with anyone with an analog fax machine, including hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices.
—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
In his own work Mr. Whitman took up such unconventional tools as strobe lights, lasers, telex and fax machines, public access television, radio channels and, eventually, cellphones, the internet and NFTs, along with decidedly nontechnological elements like flames and running water.
—Randy Kennedy, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Individuals can send up to five free faxes a day, and since 2012, the site has listed the fax numbers for members of the House and Senate.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
However, tying the scan or fax capabilities of the All-In-One Printers to ink contained in the devices does, however [sic], serve to benefit HP.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023
Canon's doing it, too HP isn't the only company demanding ink for scans and faxes.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023
Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Alaska is a no-excuse voting state, meaning anyone can apply to vote absentee by mail, fax or online.
—USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
Error 321 is a communication error that would appear on a fax machine with a poor telephone line connection.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
Small businesses are also poised to be impacted, along with anyone with an analog fax machine, including hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices.
—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
In his own work Mr. Whitman took up such unconventional tools as strobe lights, lasers, telex and fax machines, public access television, radio channels and, eventually, cellphones, the internet and NFTs, along with decidedly nontechnological elements like flames and running water.
—Randy Kennedy, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Individuals can send up to five free faxes a day, and since 2012, the site has listed the fax numbers for members of the House and Senate.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
However, tying the scan or fax capabilities of the All-In-One Printers to ink contained in the devices does, however [sic], serve to benefit HP.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023
Canon's doing it, too HP isn't the only company demanding ink for scans and faxes.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023
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“Fax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fax. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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fax
noun2
: a machine used to send or receive facsimile communications
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: a facsimile communication
fax
verb
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