text message

noun

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

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Those tools include ActBlue and the MN DFL Action Network, two online platforms that create text message alerts, template fundraising pitches and other campaign instruments for progressive causes and candidates. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2025 McCrory declined in a text message earlier this week to discuss the matter Also named in subpoenas is McCrory associate Sonserae Cicero Hamlin, who runs a wide ranging consulting business offering advice to clients on subjects as disparate as human resources and legalized marijuana sales. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025 Gates also did not respond to a text message regarding his involvement in the lawsuit. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 30 July 2025 This will come at you by text message, which is nothing new. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for text message

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First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

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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 8 Aug. 2025.

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text message

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