text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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Although WhatsApp has achieved great success, especially with text messaging, few of these apps are as easy to use for video calls as Skype was.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
These could include tools for phone, email, text messaging, invoicing, video, websites, project management, surveys, calendars, sales pipelines, reputation management, and so many more.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
The group chat has quietly become a staple of modern communication since 2008, when Apple enabled text messaging with more than one recipient.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The city said the suit follows months of attempts to obtain voluntary compliance in response to numerous public records requests for Blain’s messages on private email accounts, text messaging and other applications, which are all subject to disclosure if discussing city business.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
These could include tools for phone, email, text messaging, invoicing, video, websites, project management, surveys, calendars, sales pipelines, reputation management, and so many more.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
The group chat has quietly become a staple of modern communication since 2008, when Apple enabled text messaging with more than one recipient.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The city said the suit follows months of attempts to obtain voluntary compliance in response to numerous public records requests for Blain’s messages on private email accounts, text messaging and other applications, which are all subject to disclosure if discussing city business.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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