How to Use text messaging in a Sentence

text messaging

noun
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  • But, in 2017, Delta told him the text messaging system did not fit its needs.
    — Tribune News Service, al, 15 July 2021
  • The head of Berkeley’s police union is on leave in the wake of a text messaging scandal.
    — Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The lower-tech the platform (text messaging works well), the better.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Thanks to FaceTime, Skype, and text messaging, relay agents are no longer part of our lives.
    — Lauren Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2018
  • Even text messaging services have been down since late last week.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 18 June 2019
  • Stay in touch with friends through social media, text messaging and video chats.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 May 2020
  • That means two app stores, two browsers, two voice assistants, two text messaging apps, two keyboard apps, and on and on.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2023
  • It is often used in text messaging to tell someone the situation is all good and to not stress.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
  • Instead, in the days following, Bobby and Aaron play cat-and-mouse via text messaging.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
  • And so then campaigns have to think about, for whom is text messaging going to be effective?
    — Nik Popli, TIME, 3 July 2024
  • Every state has its own rules for cell phone use, and many have banned handheld phone use, phone use by teen or novice drivers, and text messaging.
    — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2024
  • That’s what text messaging, and to some extent for some people, tweets, can do for written language.
    — Ashley Carman, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2018
  • When searching for a tea emoji on most text messaging apps, a range of options appear.
    — Charlene Wang De Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
  • From text messaging to emojis, our vocabulary has grown and evolved over the past few years, for better or worse.
    — Carolina Milanesi, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • By the time the second model was released, in 2019, the phone had added a (black-and-white) touchscreen and text messaging, plus music, mapping, and ride-sharing apps.
    — Wired, 28 July 2022
  • Spirit Airlines customers soon will be able to book and change their flights over the WhatsApp text messaging service.
    — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Everyone must also be in an RCS chat, not plain old text messaging.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 30 May 2024
  • In response, the church set up a text messaging service to help members find appointments.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Music was not responsive to emails and phone calls and declined to comment over text messaging.
    — Lauren Brensel, Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2024
  • Forty eight states and Washington, D.C. now ban text messaging for all drivers.
    — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2019
  • At this time, Apple does not support two-way text messaging to any phone contact via satellite.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Athletes have become accustomed to Zoom calls and text messaging, and some fear this will become a permanent part of the scene in many sports.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Calls were also spotty and didn’t always go through, but text messaging did seem solid.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • This is information that cannot be found on cleveland.com or social media and is a way to get to know reporters on the friendlier platform of text messaging.
    — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 7 May 2019
  • Someone can also speak through audio or text messaging on the platform.
    — Sakshi Udavant, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Messages and more There are a bunch of small updates and new features within or related to text messaging and contacts.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The program will also implement text messaging and phone calls to reach voters.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Gmail has had the option to schedule-send emails since 2019, and schedule-send is also now available as a text messaging option on Android phones.
    — Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Before visual voicemail, caller ID, and text messaging, the world had chunky machines with cassette tapes in them.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • Because many patients own smartphones, text messaging is one of the most effective ways to reach them and get quick responses.
    — Ajay Prasad, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021

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