: the act or activity of sending text messages from one cell phone to another
When I moved to Chicago, I used a paper map that folded in your lap to navigate the city. There was no Internet, no e-mail, no texting …—
Amy Poehler
Amy PoehlerTexting freed a generation from the strictures and inconvenience (and awkwardness) of phone calls, while allowing people to be more loosely and constantly connected.—Jenna Wortham
Jenna WorthamExamples of texting in a Sentence
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Investigators say the messages relied on unregulated voter-data sources and anonymous texting apps.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Montana does not ban texting and driving, and Missouri only imposes texting while driving rules on those who are under 21 years of age and commercial drivers.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Patrick and Kacie rehashed their back-and-forth texting after getting home, and how Kacie wouldn't have a conversation with him immediately about the status of their relationship.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The Bravo executive and father of two didn’t hold back during Cooper’s signature texting game or while reflecting on how life has shifted since becoming a parent.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Montana does not ban texting and driving, and Missouri only imposes texting while driving rules on those who are under 21 years of age and commercial drivers.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Patrick and Kacie rehashed their back-and-forth texting after getting home, and how Kacie wouldn't have a conversation with him immediately about the status of their relationship.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The Bravo executive and father of two didn’t hold back during Cooper’s signature texting game or while reflecting on how life has shifted since becoming a parent.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Texting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/texting. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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