Examples of spillover in a Sentence
Put a pan under the pie to catch any spillovers.
New technology has a positive spillover effect into countless fields.
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Instead, they have been reduced to tools of conflict meant to speedily manage escalation, contain risk, limit spillover, and restore short-term stability—a version of kicking the can down the road.
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Tribal businesses often lead to significant spillover effects benefiting even non-tribal citizens, and while national-level data of their economic impact is scarce, state-level examples are illuminating.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Raina Plowright, a Cornell University professor who studies zoonotic spillover, told USA TODAY there’s a broader concern that pathogens, under the right circumstances, can infect humans at scale.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Hong Kong ran its widest trade deficit in at least 74 years as imports surged, a likely spillover from the disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East and a global investment boom in artificial intelligence that’s driving demand for tech products.
—Nectar Gan, Bloomberg, 29 Apr. 2026
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Tribal businesses often lead to significant spillover effects benefiting even non-tribal citizens, and while national-level data of their economic impact is scarce, state-level examples are illuminating.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Raina Plowright, a Cornell University professor who studies zoonotic spillover, told USA TODAY there’s a broader concern that pathogens, under the right circumstances, can infect humans at scale.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Hong Kong ran its widest trade deficit in at least 74 years as imports surged, a likely spillover from the disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East and a global investment boom in artificial intelligence that’s driving demand for tech products.
—Nectar Gan, Bloomberg, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Spillover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillover. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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