text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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In the wake of Helene, SpaceX worked with T-Mobile to enable basic text messaging (SMS), allowing users in areas hit by hurricanes to text friends and family, text 911 and receive emergency alerts.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
While online shopping has caused an uptick in usage, less letters are being sent likely due to the modern age of instant text messaging and emails.
—Claire Grant, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
What was said during the confidential group chat? Tuesday, March 11
Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg receives a connection request on Signal – a nonprofit encrypted commercial text messaging service – from a user identified as Michael Waltz.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Business text messaging has continued to affirm its role as a staple in customer engagement.
—Aaron Alter, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
While online shopping has caused an uptick in usage, less letters are being sent likely due to the modern age of instant text messaging and emails.
—Claire Grant, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
What was said during the confidential group chat? Tuesday, March 11
Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg receives a connection request on Signal – a nonprofit encrypted commercial text messaging service – from a user identified as Michael Waltz.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Business text messaging has continued to affirm its role as a staple in customer engagement.
—Aaron Alter, Forbes, 25 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 30 Apr. 2025.
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