How to Use instant messaging in a Sentence

instant messaging

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  • Still, too many of us are slaves to our email and instant messaging channels.
    — Doug Claffey, ExpressNews.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The move, pulled straight out of a teenager's instant messaging playbook, proves, once and for all, that video games are not for adults.
    — Julie Muncy, Wired, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The Slack instant messaging app, a favorite in tech-forward workplaces, helped fill the gap.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The transcription all happens on the call screen, making it look more like an instant messaging app than a phone call.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Workers struggling to adapt to video calls and instant messaging have had to find solutions that work for them.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
  • One of the main shortcomings of Morse code identified nowadays is its slow pace in an age of instant messaging.
    — Larry Kahaner, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The default instant messaging system on iPhone is a killer app with no rival on Android.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Aug. 2022
  • In the years since Slack made its debut in 2009, it’s helped cement instant messaging as an essential part of white-collar work.
    — Krithika Varagur, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2021
  • But there is no record of Musk publishing the tweet, nor are there any credible news reports of him buying the instant messaging app.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Robert has spoken to Mitsuku via instant messaging almost every day for the last 10 years.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
  • But Shake to Undo isn’t solely for instant messaging apps.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The instant messaging service now has 1.5 billion users and has started adding key Skype features.
    — Dina Bass and Nate Lanxon, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2018
  • The original instant messaging service, which most people forgot about when AIM came on the scene, is still up and running.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 June 2018
  • Chat services is an online tool that allows patrons to chat through instant messaging with staff.
    — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Let your team know your preferred way to communicate, whether that be through instant messaging, team meetings or one-on-ones.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The plan was to be a super app for peer-to-peer payments, transportation, food, asset management, and even instant messaging.
    — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 23 Aug. 2021
  • But as said: making a good instant messaging app is not hard, the real challenge lies in creating the network effect.
    — Enrique Dans, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • The teacher, whom the Post-Tribune is not naming, began teaching at the school in 2006 and allegedly had contact with the student through instant messaging, Lauck said.
    — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The app provides a range of services, including instant messaging and the ability to send money to other users.
    — Sherisse Pham, CNN, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Appointments to shop can be made at the company's website, or by calling or instant messaging the store using the app Signal.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Then the ubiquity of email, shared calendars, instant messaging, smart phones, and social media sprayed lighter fluid on the dumpster fire that was most of our days.
    — Tim Maurer, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Investigators found Schuck had been sending images of the then-9-year-old girl on Kik, an instant messaging app.
    — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Dec. 2022
  • JioMart was launched with a WhatsApp order booking service where customers could place orders via the instant messaging app.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 31 Aug. 2020
  • And Notes can lead to instant messaging conversations, as people can reply to Notes.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Moving to another instant messaging service does have some risks, since so many have shut down lately.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2017
  • WhatsApp is the world’s largest instant messaging platform with more than 2 billion users worldwide, and India is the app’s largest market, with more than 500 million WhatsApp users.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 26 May 2021
  • The list targets OSes and app stores, ad platforms, browsers, social networks, instant messaging, search, and video sites, and notably leaves out web mail and cloud storage services.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Sure, there might be other options for chat or instant messaging, but there’s only one default texting app available on iPhone.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Some people have been turning back to feature phones to escape social media, instant messaging, and an endless barrage of content (now produced by AI as well as human beings).
    — David Nield, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The Smiley Company intended its gifs to be used across all computer brands, email services and instant messaging platforms, with the goal of creating a new digital language that was universal in nature.
    — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024

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