fax machine
Example Sentences
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The result is chaos, and a few too many jokes about young people not knowing how to work a fax machine or manage paper.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
People would come in not only to buy milk and pick up the mail, Miller recalls, but to use the fax machine, find a plumber or just to swap gossip.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2024
It is almost 40 years old, designed with the Cold War in mind, "when the fax machine was the new thing", he said.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2024
In 1979, he started a document courier service that expanded faster than sales, lost the faith of investors and went bankrupt following the advent of the fax machine and the 1987 market crash.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023
I gave it to her and sat nervously by the fax machine.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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