: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another
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In an early instance of what authorities believe to have been an extortion attempt, federal prosecutors charged a California man with sending a fake ransom note via text message to Savannah Guthrie's family.—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
2 July 2026 Your text message inviting you to the lounge will never arrive.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
2 July 2026 The polls were conducted by telephone using live interviewers, with a small number of voters in Alaska receiving a text message with a link to complete the poll.—New York Times,
1 July 2026 One reviewer claimed the text message verification was broken.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for text message