: 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 … . A few people in the late eighties had giant cell phones that lived in tiny suitcases, and I saw some in movies.—
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
Recent Examples on the Web
The non-emergency line was working as well as 911 texting, police said.
—Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
In my school, there is a rule of absolutely no texting between staff and students.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In my school, there is a rule of absolutely no texting between staff and students.
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
For example, a two-year-old audio clip of White Lotus characters talking about texting also appeared on my For You Page numerous times.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2024
The group notes that exactly how Apple intends to encrypt RCS texting remains unclear.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
One guest was on her phone nearly the whole time — texting and even watching live videos that her friends posted while others were trying to have a conversation.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
After all, isn’t much of this online time spent interacting with friends through texting, social media, and multiplayer video games?
—Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
Rescuers were able to establish communication with two of the men through a GPS texting device, and started a search near their last known location.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
In my school, there is a rule of absolutely no texting between staff and students.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In my school, there is a rule of absolutely no texting between staff and students.
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
For example, a two-year-old audio clip of White Lotus characters talking about texting also appeared on my For You Page numerous times.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2024
The group notes that exactly how Apple intends to encrypt RCS texting remains unclear.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
One guest was on her phone nearly the whole time — texting and even watching live videos that her friends posted while others were trying to have a conversation.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
After all, isn’t much of this online time spent interacting with friends through texting, social media, and multiplayer video games?
—Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
Rescuers were able to establish communication with two of the men through a GPS texting device, and started a search near their last known location.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Texting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/texting. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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