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text messaging

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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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The ways of the past are obsolete in these novels, but the technological future hasn’t arrived either—even in “West of Loveland,” which takes place around 2019, there isn’t any emailing or text messaging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

More than one-third of those surveyed said text messaging had replaced most of their calls.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

AllHere’s tech included an automated text messaging service that would send “nudges” to parents in an effort to improve their child’s classroom attendance, according to an indictment charging Smith-Griffin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

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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