text message

noun

: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another

Examples of text message in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Marine Mind is grief-stricken, its founder Sebastian Strand said over text message on Wednesday. Leslie Katz, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 Nine days before Vice President Kamala Harris selected him to be her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz received a text message from a fellow Minnesota Democrat. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024 Catch up fast: Pig butchering is a scam where people get an unexpected text message from a stranger. Brady Dale, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024 Earlier this month, Austrian interior minister Gerhard Karner said foreign intelligence agencies contributed to the investigation because Austrian law bars text message surveillance. Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for text message 

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Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of text message was in 1977

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“Text message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20message. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

text message

noun
: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another
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