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Definition of spillover
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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.
Recent Examples of spillover from the Web
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That was fine with The Red Bar, which could goose its (cash- or check-only) beer sales and fine with the surrounding businesses, which enjoyed the spillover.
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But that barrier can break down with age, opening sensitive eye cells to harm from the spillover, explained Genentech immunologist Menno van Lookeren Campagne.
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The heaviest storms should try to stay south and west of here, but some spillover into our area is possible, as is periodic rain into the overnight.
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Each appears to be benefiting from a Bay Area spillover effect, according to Cushman & Wakefield, meaning the high cost of living is pushing more tech workers out and in to secondary markets.
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The central bank says spillovers from the labor market into prices can be contained if growth in real wages doesn’t outstrip gains in productivity.
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According to the president pro tem’s office, the upper house aims to take up 80 bills, then another 100 tomorrow and 75 on Thursday, leaving Friday open for any spillover.
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Built in 1961 by Millard Sheets, a prolific mosaic artist and bank architect, the building was more or less abandoned by the Masons in the mid-nineties, given over to rave promoters and spillover crowds from nearby synagogues on the High Holidays.
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Both cities continue to be growth engines that lead to spillover growth in other regional towns, said Bob Coats, the governor’s liaison to the Census Bureau.
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First Known Use of spillover
1940
SPILLOVER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of spillover for English Language Learners
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: something that flows out of or spreads beyond a container, space, area, etc.
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