spamming

British

/ ˈspæmɪŋ /

noun

the sending of multiple unsolicited e-mails or text messages, usually for marketing purposes

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“It will discourage companies from spamming the system and provide certainty to employers who actually need to bring the top-tier talent from overseas,” Rogers said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

It found 79 million emails and 1 million texts were sent out over a seven-month spamming campaign.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Board members told the high court in their filing that the accounts were maintained without government funding, and the parents were blocked after spamming the accounts.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2023

For instance, Gingrich runs a commonplace scam on the right: Creating an email list and then spamming subscribers with ads promising "miracle" cancer cures.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

Some Web sites, for example, send out mass email advertisements containing the site's URL, the spamming process we have described above.

From Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania

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