Cahir HealyThe Economist
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
In his brief message, the entrepreneur praised decisions taken in recent years by rival PDD Holdings Inc. to wrest market share from China’s e-commerce leader.
—Zheping Huang, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
Regardless, Dickmann sees the messages as a way for whatever group is behind them to put pressure on Israeli leadership.
—Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Within a week of Sullivan’s meeting, Burns flew to India to deliver the same message to his counterpart, Ravi Sinha.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
Investigators used messages on Diamond Lynch’s phone to find the dealers who sold her the fatal dose, Milgram said.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
While undertaking training tasks meant for military operatives, Sandoval received a video message from his mother, Terri Green.
—Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
For inquiries related to this message please contact our support team and provide the reference ID below.
—Bloomberg, 18 Nov. 2023
The New Hampshire Democratic Party's Belknap County office was vandalized with antisemitic and white supremacist symbols and messages.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
Parth M.n., WIRED, 23 Nov. 2023
Pro-boycott videos rack up thousands, sometimes millions, of views on YouTube and TikTok with messaging that buying from big American brands amounts to complicity in the killing of Palestinians.
—Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
Hamas uses the messaging app Telegram to recruit new members and spread misinformation.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2023
How To Call Santa Though the hotline is free, standard calling and messaging rates may apply, depending on your phone plan.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2023
One year ago, Apple released Emergency SOS via satellite on all iPhone 14 models, allowing users to message with emergency services outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
At the same time, the manager obsessed with what the workers were doing, sometimes messaging them more than 10 times a day.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023
For the first time, the Signal Foundation has revealed the cost of running its widely popular encrypted messaging app.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
And, spurred by the remote work habits that followed us to the post-pandemic office, Gen Z has often been credited for creating a work culture that’s more informal, where people dress, speak, and message their co-workers more casually.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Noun and Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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“Message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/message. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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Middle English message "job or function of a messenger," from early French message (same meaning), from Latin missaticum "something given to a messenger to deliver," from earlier missus (past participle of mittere "to send, throw") and -aticum "action, result" — related to emit, mission, promise, submissive
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