spam filter

American  

[spam fil-ter] / ˈspæm ˌfɪl tər /

noun

• spam filters
  plural

1. Computers. a piece of software that detects spam emails and blocks their delivery.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• spam filters
  plural

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Example Sentences

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spam filter

"We've essentially built a scientific spam filter," Professor Barnett said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

The EU proposals include grading AI products depending on their impact - an email spam filter, for example, would require lighter regulation than a cancer-detection tool.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023

Rather, the tools are like “a spam filter … you still want to go through your spam filter every week” to check for erroneously flagged legitimate content.

From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2023

So you have to regularly check the spam filter for mail you want.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022

"So you're saying that you think the police should suck as hard as my spam filter?"

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

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