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The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
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Mercifully, this hero’s bread lacks the chewiness or density that, all too often, leads to textural and structural failures, resulting in chonic backend spillage.
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Soak a clean dish rag or a soft sponge in the solution, and wipe down the inside of the refrigerator, focusing on areas with spillage and stains.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
Although public health officials have said the spillage did not impact drinking water quality, residents are still encouraged to avoid contact with the Potomac River.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Feb. 2026
By the 1960s, gas flares and untreated waste spillage were destroying their forests.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Soak a clean dish rag or a soft sponge in the solution, and wipe down the inside of the refrigerator, focusing on areas with spillage and stains.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
Although public health officials have said the spillage did not impact drinking water quality, residents are still encouraged to avoid contact with the Potomac River.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Feb. 2026
By the 1960s, gas flares and untreated waste spillage were destroying their forests.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for spillage
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“Spillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillage. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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spillage
noun
spill·age
ˈspil-ij 
1
: the act or process of spilling
2
: the quantity that spills
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