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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

They have to rely on patients to recount their medical histories or wait hours or even days for another clinician to send a DVD, a fax — or a photocopy.

From MarketWatch May 4, 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

And you’ll fax the adjustments to Doctor Purow here?

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

Back in December 2018, Conservative health secretary Matt Hancock banned the NHS from buying new faxes and ordered a complete phase-out by April 2020.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

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

Regence and Premera said they do fulfill those requirements, contacting providers through email, mail, phone calls and faxes to seek updated information, including whether they are accepting new patients.

From Seattle Times Oct. 3, 2023

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

From New York Times May 28, 2023

For my part, I wrote few postcards or faxes to anybody.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

Finally, Dad gave me the copy of the letter Margaret had faxed to him.

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

All you do is load your document into the software, input the faxing information to create a cover sheet and then press send.

From Encyclopedia.com Feb. 5, 2018

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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