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The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
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Embrace the spillage of slop into the physical world.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
The spillage increased the acidity of a local river to a level strong enough to dissolve human bones, in what may be one of the mining industry’s worst catastrophes globally.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Open spillage bottle of opioid pain killing tablets.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
The pair also executed bottle decapping and capping with remarkable dexterity, demanding precise force control to avoid damage or spillage.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
The spillage increased the acidity of a local river to a level strong enough to dissolve human bones, in what may be one of the mining industry’s worst catastrophes globally.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Open spillage bottle of opioid pain killing tablets.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
The pair also executed bottle decapping and capping with remarkable dexterity, demanding precise force control to avoid damage or spillage.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Spillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillage. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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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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