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At the Brentwood location of popular Italian eatery Jon & Vinny’s, staff complained of headaches and sore throats in a text message group chat.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Boise police spokesperson Haley Williams confirmed in a text message that Snow died by suicide.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
That text message turned out to be the first in a series of disconcerting messages friends and family members would apparently receive from Michael Shaver over the course of the next two and a half years.
—Paige Harriss, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
The text message warning was sent to millions of people around 4 p.m. local time, including in places far from where wildfires are burning out of control.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1977, in the meaning defined above
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“Text message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20message. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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text message
noun
: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another
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