How to Use text messaging in a Sentence

text messaging

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In response, the church set up a text messaging service to help members find appointments.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • At that time, text messaging was just starting with the advent of smarter mobile devices (think flip phones as that new innovation).
    Howard Rosen, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Her way of text messaging was self-consciously polished and a bit theatrical.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • One example is Seattle’s Teen Link, a free phone line established in the 1990s that has since expanded to online chat and text messaging.
    Dallas News, 30 June 2022
  • But a phone dies even quicker if, throughout the day, the user jostles between text messaging, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat on a near-constant loop—which, for many teens, tends to be the case.
    Sara Hendricks, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Google is again sending a message to Apple: Fix the text messaging issues between Android devices and iPhones.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Phone banking and text messaging were go-to tools for Democrats seeking to limit in-person contact amid the global pandemic.
    Erin Delmore, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Although the groundbreaking software success occurred in 1992, text messaging didn’t take off for years due to a lack of handheld keyboards.
    Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The woman said the two continued to communicate for the next three weeks using Instagram and text messaging.
    Jill Martin, CNN, 1 July 2021
  • Tock built the prototype in a week, later adding two-way text messaging, and 3rd party delivery options.
    Larissa Zimberoff, Wired, 17 Dec. 2020
  • If social media and text messaging hadn't already revived the ubiquity of the exclamation point, the Twins' new shortstop might have done so on his own.
    Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The inReach can allow someone with access to track my location, along with two-way text messaging to standard cell phones, as well as an SOS button to call for help in the worst-case scenario.
    Mike Richard, menshealth.com, 11 May 2023

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