text message

noun

: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another

Examples of text message in a Sentence

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Late Wednesday night, a text message arrived from a Boston Red Sox decision-maker. Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 Consider setting up email or text message alerts to notify you of transactions. Harrison Jones, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025 This simple holiday greeting between colleagues was, in fact, a landmark event in the history of telecommunications: Papworth had just sent the first text message. Scott Nover, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 Mia Morales, a student at the academy and the youth council’s vice president, said in a text message that many of the students who marched have family members who are affected by federal immigration policy. Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for text message 

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of text message was in 1977

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“Text message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20message. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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text message

noun
: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another
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