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text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
Examples of text messaging in a Sentence
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The hotel and its customers communicate by text messaging instead.
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Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2024
The process of acquiring phone numbers for text messaging is simple.
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Nik Popli, TIME, 3 July 2024
Image Newspapers such as The Washington Post and The Texas Tribune have turned to a marketing start-up, Subtext, that helps companies connect with subscribers and audiences through text messaging.
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Katie Robertson, New York Times, 1 June 2024
And so then campaigns have to think about, for whom is text messaging going to be effective?
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Nik Popli, TIME, 3 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1982, in the meaning defined above
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
text messaging
noun
text mes·sag·ing
-ˈmes-i-jiŋ
: the sending of text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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