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: a device used to send or receive facsimile communications
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: 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 Cyrus, 30, first discussed it during an October 2021 appearance on The Graham Norton Show, remembering that Parton sent her a fax asking to collaborate on her holiday album. Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023 The Chinese Embassy in Laos and the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not respond to requests for comment sent via email and fax. Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023 Going through all these boxes, there’s photographs of the band, letters and faxes and legal documents and old tapes. Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2023 Hours later, on the morning of Monday, November 29, 1993, 43 pages of records from Stanislaus County scrolled out of the fax machine in the Petaluma command center. Time, 2 Oct. 2023 Police in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, believed to be handling the cases, hung up when CNN phoned for comment and a fax to the bureau did not go through. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023 There weren’t fax machines and email, so there was no way of acquiring a script prior to an audition. Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 30 June 2023 In January 2022, Cash sent the hospital a fax demanding the immediate release of his client, a patient named Karla Adrian-Caceres. Laura Strickler, NBC News, 23 July 2023 Even the medical industry, which famously loves a fax machine, is slowly transitioning away from paper. Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2023 See More

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Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fax was in 1937

Dictionary Entries Near fax

Cite this Entry

“Fax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fax. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

fax

noun
1
2
: a machine used to send or receive facsimile communications
3
: a facsimile communication
fax verb

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