How to Use fax in a Sentence

fax

noun
  • She sent me a fax of her report.
  • She sent me a copy of her report by fax.
  • The idea was that tech could solve medicine’s fax problem.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The return options are fax or mail.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Where do things stand two weeks and a day before the faxes roll in again?
    — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The fax machine dates back to the 1840s.
    — Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Anyone who is still using a fax machine is stuck in the past.
    — Tamsin Gable, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • To this day, her preferred method of getting in touch is a fax machine.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 July 2023
  • My home phone number was also [used for] a fax machine of my dad's work.
    — EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • My home phone number was also [used for] a fax machine of my dad's work.
    — EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Harris wrote in a fax to the filmmakers.
    — Brian Raftery, Longreads, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Depending on the state, votes may be cast over email, fax, or a web portal.
    — Mauro Guillén, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Traxx did not respond to emails, phone calls and a fax seeking comment on the charge.
    — Jon Hamilton, Dallas News, 20 June 2019
  • This was pre-internet, pre-cell phones – all our exchanges were done by fax.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • No old school fax machine whirred in the background at the football office.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Plans are available via mail, fax or by downloading them from the Web site.
    — Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Ally had to find a landline to call her children or send a fax instead of emails and texts.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
  • Not to mention pagers and fax machines have largely gone the way of the dinosaur, too.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The all-in-one is a printer, copier, scanner and fax machine.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Many of those are small companies that rely on phone calls or even fax machines to set up and track loads.
    — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • These voters can also submit their ballots by fax.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Approach the copier/fax machine by waiting in the line that goes behind the stairs.
    — cleveland, 29 May 2020
  • All of you need to send a fax, or a letter or an email to those powers that be at Lucasfilm.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The device, the size of a fax machine, sat amid the nursery with bright puff balls hanging from the ceiling.
    — Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, 18 June 2017
  • Fire lookout towers with human fire spotters are going the way of the phone booth and fax machine.
    — Paul Rogers, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • His first order of duty is to fire Joseph as Michael’s manager via fax.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The ideal home printer should be a jack of all trades, able to print, scan, copy and fax (if the now-peculiar need should arise).
    — Dave Johnson, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Others were left with manual solutions or in-house teams spending hours on email, phone, and fax.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The unit’s address, phone number, fax and email must also be included in the body of the notice.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The result is chaos, and a few too many jokes about young people not knowing how to work a fax machine or manage paper.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026

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