How to Use spam in a Sentence

spam

noun
  • 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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