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fax

[faks] / fæks /
NOUN
facsimile
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Antonyms
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

It was a work phone with a small touch screen, email and fax capabilities and a scheduler; it weighed a full pound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The other half is convinced that Luke Potter will become a verb like Xerox or fax.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg



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