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fax

[faks] / fæks /
NOUN
facsimile
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STRONG


VERB
copy
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Hamawy had helped Abdel-Rahman translate a fax from Egypt and had been to the cleric’s apartment.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

The artist’s long career swept in artworks made not only on cameras and canvases, but on such things as fax machines and photocopiers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Mr. Hockney created carpets and stained-glass windows; designed sets and costumes for ballet and opera; and made work using such unusual tools as paper pulp and a fax machine.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Surrounded by Filofaxes, fax machines and VHS recorders, he shares his theory of why the first series was such a hit.

From BBC May 13, 2026

He wrote Summerhill’s address, phone and fax numbers on a Post-it and handed it to Margaret.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Mobile phone reception is patchy outside cities and people are still known to use faxes!

From BBC Feb. 20, 2025

Physicians have been getting emails and faxes saying, “‘We’ve got Botox for cheaper, we’ve got filler for cheaper’ — and it’s all these unregulated places that don’t have any FDA oversight,” Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2024

Yonhap cited police as suspecting the email might have come from a person who last year allegedly sent a number of similar threatening emails and faxes while claiming to be a Japanese lawyer.

From Seattle Times Mar. 19, 2024

They are continuing their work, communicating with the senator through the phone, memos and faxes.

From New York Times May 28, 2023

Doug spent even more time writing faxes to his two grown kids—Angie, nineteen, and, Jaime, twenty-seven—whom he’d raised as a single father.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn’t respond to a faxed request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The New York Times reported in May that it had received a set of emails, faxed from a toll-free number, in choppy Luganda, a Bantu language widely spoken in Uganda.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2024

In a faxed statement, China’s Foreign Ministry defended China’s handling of research into the origins, saying the country is open and transparent, shared data and research, and “made the greatest contribution to global origins research.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

Police in Guangzhou did not respond to a faxed request for comment.

From Reuters Sep. 22, 2023

She thanked him and told him that before she faxed the letter to Summerhill, she would like him to look it over.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Footballers' agents used faxing to secure the transfer of players, although the method has been retired by the Premier League.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2022

Borat is faxing back and forth with his premier.

From The Guardian Oct. 24, 2020

Since then, he has twice provided Washington’s Employment Security Department proof of his identity — by faxing and uploading copies of his Social Security and identification cards.

From New York Times Jul. 2, 2020

Microsoft Windows 10 is an example of an operating system that comes with free faxing software built in.

From Encyclopedia.com Feb. 5, 2018

Every year we spend hundreds of dollars on phone calls and letters, writing, faxing, cajoling, and bribing, trying to get out of the pilgrimage to Mommy’s tiny house in Ewing.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride



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