fax machine

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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

He only had a fax machine at the time, and out of the blue I got this fax from him: “Weezer, give me a call — we need to talk.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

And there were other things he could not recall — what a fax machine is called, the name of a former cabinet colleague, the agency that preserves official papers.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

The fax machine is about to be pushed closer to the dustbin of history.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2022

I gave it to her and sat nervously by the fax machine.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson