text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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Schmitz said the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office started using the system almost a year ago and began use of the text messaging capability in June.
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Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
Instead, the agents relied on text messaging, with local Butler County tactical teams sending Secret Service snipers two pictures of Crooks via text message at 5:45 p.m., about 26 minutes before shots were fired.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2024
In the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election in Ukraine, supporters of Viktor Yushchenko, then the leader of the opposition, used text messaging to organize the massive protests that became the Orange Revolution.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2010
Some companion chat apps include just text messaging, while others add voice chat and video.
—Megan Morrone, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
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Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
Instead, the agents relied on text messaging, with local Butler County tactical teams sending Secret Service snipers two pictures of Crooks via text message at 5:45 p.m., about 26 minutes before shots were fired.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2024
In the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election in Ukraine, supporters of Viktor Yushchenko, then the leader of the opposition, used text messaging to organize the massive protests that became the Orange Revolution.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2010
Some companion chat apps include just text messaging, while others add voice chat and video.
—Megan Morrone, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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