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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

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

“We fax over the power of attorney, the medical documents, and start acting immediately. These are the gaps no one plans for.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

Email’s invention led to the collapse of the interoffice memo and the fax machine, freeing workers from the need to communicate in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

I learned that he could be reached at a fax number in Big Sky, Montana, so I sent him a fax.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

Roger Horchow sent out a dozen faxes promoting his daughter’s friend’s new restaurant.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

It made a fortune in international long-distance calls in the 1980s as businesses faxed documents, bypassing FedEx.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

I know this because every page of it was faxed to the newsroom where I worked shortly after the episode aired.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2025

The email, the outlet said, was faxed from a North American toll-free number that also appeared in court documents.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2024

The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not immediately answer faxed questions seeking comment on the report and its official policies toward Muslim minorities.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2023

I had finally finished the petition and faxed it to the Court late on the night of August 16 and had spent the next morning in my Montgomery office, waiting anxiously for the Court's decision.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

But that dependence also can lead to bureaucratic delays in essential functions, like reporting each new coronavirus infection by hand and faxing the details to the public health office.

From Washington Post Sep. 22, 2021

Borat is faxing back and forth with his premier.

From The Guardian Oct. 24, 2020

Sandler wrote the movie in 1993 with his former college roommate Tim Herlihy, faxing 10 pages at a time back and forth between New York and Los Angeles.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2019

I told him that Margaret would be faxing it to London first thing Monday morning.

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



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