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fax

[faks] / fæks /
NOUN
facsimile
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STRONG


VERB
copy
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“I remember being with him when he received the news through a phone call — or maybe it was a fax machine,” Elsesser says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

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

From Slate Jul. 14, 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

Ravanelli, reportedly the highest-paid man in the league, scored at almost the same rate he bemoaned the club's professionalism in the Italian press, suggesting Juventus coaches were having to fax him fitness plans.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

Then we have to ask my doctor to fax in a prescription.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

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

From BBC Feb. 20, 2025

Cyrus, who doesn’t have a fax machine handy, said she has to pick up faxes at her lawyer’s office.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 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 the next three years, businesses slowly and steadily bought more and more faxes, until, in 1987, enough people had faxes that it made sense for everyone to get a fax.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 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

Dali city's propaganda bureau did not respond to a faxed request for comment on the crackdowns and Dali's efforts to attract young skilled workers.

From Reuters Nov. 24, 2023

Roger Horchow, likewise, faxed all his friends about the restaurant his daughter took him to, performing the first step in creating a word-of-mouth epidemic.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

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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