: an extension of something especially when an excess exists
benefiting from a spillover of prosperity from neighboring states
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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The spillover from these policies has won a legion of contests.—John Kenneth Galbraith, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 Political trolling online is nothing new, but its spillover into blaming victims and survivors of disaster is a dangerous new low.—Nick Allardice, Time, 10 July 2025 The Broader Costs of Medicaid Cuts Beyond the funding that will be cut from school budgets, there will be other spillover effects from the recent bill as Medicaid and Medicare cuts, along with loss of tax credits for other insurance, affect families.—Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 That spillover is called a combined sewer overflow, or CSO.—Sofi Zeman
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