How to Use spam in a Sentence

spam

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  • Now sure, there are ways to silence spam calls on the iPhone.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Musk has also vowed to clean up spam accounts on the site.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Musk proposed the new feature as a way to fight spam on the platform.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Studies have shown that hate speech and spam have shot up since Musk's takeover.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The most basic and straightforward method to stop spam texts is to block the number.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Well, that and a big ol’ pile of spam, but that’s a problem for another day.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
  • This tip will save your relative the headache of dealing with spam.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Google says the change should result in less spam clogging your inbox.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This one eluded spam filters and was shown to users with no warning.
    — Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Fink says he’s received death threats and spam calls and texts because of his campaign.
    — Abeer Salman, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In September, the F.C.C. proposed new rules to crack down on scam and spam text messages.
    — Natasha Singer, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Many worry that the overhaul will lead to an explosion of hate speech and spam on the platform.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The hack changed my profile pic and retweeted a bunch of spam about NFTs on Saturday.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • More advice on spam texts from my colleague Nicole Nguyen here.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Many publicly turned against the deal as soon as Mr. Musk did the same, parroting his complaints about the spam on the platform.
    — Rob Copeland, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2022
  • And some of those spam messages are blatantly spam too.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • YouTube has announced a plan to crack down on spam and abusive content in comments and livestream chats.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Calling those help lines gives your phone number to scammers and can kick off a barrage of spam calls.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Twitter account, then started marking all links to Mastodon as spam—a very cool and free speech thing to do.
    — Justin Pot, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Just perform a site search query for your entire website along with a spam keyword.
    — Don Dodds, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The scam may also have benefited from changes to how Gmail identified spam in the run-up to the US midterm elections.
    — Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Musk has plans for a more thorough spam analysis, his court filing said.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
  • As with spam content and Search, Google Ads is in a constant battle to get rid of malware content and bad players.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2022
  • It was seen as a mark of authenticity on a platform known for bots and spam accounts.
    — David Klepper, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Why this is important for your business: How does your Gmail spam folder look?
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Musk is trying to walk away from the deal because, according to him, Twitter lied about some its spam bot data.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
  • This is a good way to separate messages from people in your address book from those from a business or just spam.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Twitter itself has said that less than 5% of its active daily users are fake or spam accounts.
    — David Klepper, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Tap or click for convincing spam that landed in my email with not-so-obvious red flags.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The move is intended to help combat a growing amount of spam that’s showing up in users’ inboxes via DM.
    — Emily Price, PCMAG, 15 July 2023
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spam

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  • And there are people who just spam out group invites, or page invites.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 15 Oct. 2021
  • If it can be used to communicate with others, someone will use it to spam you.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 24 July 2021
  • Allowing every site to spam you with a permissions pop-up doesn't make sense.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The idea is to prime users with reliable data before someone else can spam them with falsehoods.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Assuming the two were a budding couple, fans took to Dominguez's Instagram account to spam the actor on the subject.
    — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 June 2021
  • People can also direct-message you and spam your inbox.
    — Linda Chong, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • In the past, these features have been used to discriminate against people or to spam them with unwanted messaging.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Fischl is going to be your best choice for the Electro part of the equation, but even the lackluster Lisa might be useful for her ability to spam electro damage.
    — Dave Thier, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • Assange indirectly asked that hacker to spam that company again, the U.S. said.
    — Time, 25 June 2020
  • Credit Karma was careful not to spam members with incessant emails.
    — Ben Steverman, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2017
  • This will cause future messages from that specific sender to be sent to your junk folder and help spam tracking systems that help everyone improve.
    — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2020
  • After Yang arrives amidst the rise of AI celebrities, helpers, and companions, who spam our social media platforms and are rapidly filling out metaverse worlds.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Then the invite whales could spam the groups with posts promoting ethnic violence or other harmful content, according to the study.
    — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Your opponent could spam you with cheaper, Tier-1 units or hunker down with enough defenses and food-producing farms to eventually go all Tier-3 on your ass.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Twitter has had a history of battling fake, spam and bot accounts, some of which were previously found to spread misinformation and abuse.
    — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 13 May 2022
  • Friend Spam: The product asks for your email or social media permissions under the pretense it will be used for a desirable outcome (like finding friends), but then spams all your contacts in a message that claims to be from you.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2020
  • Often times, they are used to spam or scam users, given how advanced some these bots can be in mimicking human conversational patterns.
    — Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
  • Some text messaging websites use your reply to verify that your number is active — then resell it to other data brokers who will spam you more.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The tests serve the crucial function of differentiating genuine human web users from malign bots attempting to hack or spam a website.
    — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 17 May 2021
  • Other options, probably an auto-loading rocket launcher to spam in between grenade throws.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 May 2022
  • TechCrunch reports Facebook is also considering a limit on how many people one can express interest in, so that users can’t just spam everyone with cheesy one-liners.
    — Christopher Carbone, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Pichai also suggested Google will use the automated caller to check when businesses close, using Duplex to spam them and ask for opening hours, updating Google's own listings in Maps with the information.
    — Nicole Kobie, Teen Vogue, 11 May 2018
  • Average bad guys in DL2 are never clever enough to compel players to do more than spam the most powerful, obvious options or avoid combat altogether by either sneaking or running away.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Others discussed using the fan chat during upcoming Overwatch League matches to spam supportive messages to Saebyeolbe, who will not be competing in the tournament scheduled for this weekend.
    — Washington Post, 6 May 2021
  • Walking back any those efforts would unquestionably bring more hate, misinformation, propaganda, harassment, and spam back on the platform.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Bouzy points to the YouTube comment sections underneath the official trailers for the Harry & Meghan series, where users have begun posting copypasta — a popular way to spam content by inundating it with similar messaging.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2022
  • These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The point of renaming larger groups is not only to retain and spam the already-existing community but to also appear higher in Facebook’s search and recommendations bar, which helps lend credibility to those curious about the movement.
    — NBC News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • And there are people who just spam out group invites, or page invites.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 15 Oct. 2021
  • If it can be used to communicate with others, someone will use it to spam you.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 24 July 2021

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