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fax

[faks] / fæks /
NOUN
facsimile
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STRONG


VERB
copy
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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

The bad news is that just like your fax machine, a lot of the key components of that rally aren’t around today.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

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

AT&T didn’t invent fax machines, but it should have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and, eventually, the personal computer.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman



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