text messaging

British

noun

communication by means of text messages sent from mobile phones

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Example Sentences

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

From Barron's

Iran is 10 days into one of the most extreme internet shutdowns in history, with 92 million citizens cut off from all internet services and even disruption to phone and text messaging.

From BBC

In response to BBC queries over text messaging, Singh responded with a single word: "#WeContinue".

From BBC

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

Young people harnessing technology for mass movements is nothing new – in the early 2000s text messaging propelled the second People's Power Revolution in the Philippines, while the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street in the 2010s relied heavily on Twitter.

From BBC

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