2
: a device used to send or receive facsimile communications
3
: a facsimile communication
fax
verb
Examples of fax in a Sentence
She sent me a copy of her report by fax.
She sent me a fax of her report.
Recent Examples on the Web
Anyone who talks to Dolly Parton needs to keep a fax machine on hand — including Miley Cyrus.
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Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
Like techno music, the fax machine remains on trend.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 31 May 2024
But also the reassuring purr of the fax machine, which at some point in the 1990s began to stutter out sheets of paper with algebraic formulae and solutions that more talented classmates had found for homework.
—Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
If the request for an application is made by email or fax, the deadline is 11:59 p.m. on May 10.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
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Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
Like techno music, the fax machine remains on trend.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 31 May 2024
But also the reassuring purr of the fax machine, which at some point in the 1990s began to stutter out sheets of paper with algebraic formulae and solutions that more talented classmates had found for homework.
—Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
If the request for an application is made by email or fax, the deadline is 11:59 p.m. on May 10.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for fax
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“Fax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fax. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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fax
noun2
: a machine used to send or receive facsimile communications
3
: a facsimile communication
fax
verb
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