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text messaging

British  

noun

  1. communication by means of text messages sent from mobile phones

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Under practical finite key conditions, the setup maintained an average secure key rate of about ~15 bits/s, a level considered suitable for real-world encrypted text messaging applications.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

Outgoing international calls have been possible since Tuesday, and text messaging was restored Saturday morning.

From Barron's Jan. 18, 2026

Miles’s tenure coincided with the rise of WeChat, which Chinese people use for everything from text messaging to payments to online shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

An exclamation, external about the cost of text messaging in Switzerland.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2024

I understood where Mr. Ray was coming horn about talking, but at the same time, thank God for text messaging.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

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