text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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Begin by identifying your most time-sensitive communication needs—typically document collection and status updates—and implement text messaging for these interactions first.
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Ashish Garg, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Other offerings from the hundreds of companies on the list include eye tracking, keystroke recording and analysis of workers’ online actions in the workplace, from text messaging and app usage to web browsing.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
Although WhatsApp has achieved great success, especially with text messaging, few of these apps are as easy to use for video calls as Skype was.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
These could include tools for phone, email, text messaging, invoicing, video, websites, project management, surveys, calendars, sales pipelines, reputation management, and so many more.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Ashish Garg, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Other offerings from the hundreds of companies on the list include eye tracking, keystroke recording and analysis of workers’ online actions in the workplace, from text messaging and app usage to web browsing.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
Although WhatsApp has achieved great success, especially with text messaging, few of these apps are as easy to use for video calls as Skype was.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
These could include tools for phone, email, text messaging, invoicing, video, websites, project management, surveys, calendars, sales pipelines, reputation management, and so many more.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for text messaging
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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