: 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
Many students used the opportunity to create public service announcements for cleaner oceans or against food waste and texting while driving.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Like a cell tower in space, Direct to Cell will allow access to texting, calling, and browsing in traditionally remote areas.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
From simple email and texting to social media and video teleconferencing, the digital connection helps maintain ties to family, friends, customers, and suppliers, often across great distances.
—Gary S. Cross, Fortune, 8 May 2024
The program will also improve communication and help organizations utilize texting, phone calls and video conferences in multiple languages to help families complete their forms.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
God, even the texting between Nicholas and Anne is hot.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 May 2024
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
Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Like a cell tower in space, Direct to Cell will allow access to texting, calling, and browsing in traditionally remote areas.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
From simple email and texting to social media and video teleconferencing, the digital connection helps maintain ties to family, friends, customers, and suppliers, often across great distances.
—Gary S. Cross, Fortune, 8 May 2024
The program will also improve communication and help organizations utilize texting, phone calls and video conferences in multiple languages to help families complete their forms.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
God, even the texting between Nicholas and Anne is hot.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 May 2024
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
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“Texting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/texting. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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