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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 consequences extend beyond the couple, with clear spillovers onto coworkers.
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Emily Nix, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
This all comes as Boston continues to be hard hit by the opioid crisis at Mass and Cass, and the spillover from the drug and human trafficking zone.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
The conflict has been largely concentrated in Nigeria's northeast, with frequent spillover into other provinces and across the borders of neighboring nations, particularly Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Some gave me uniboob, while others created an immense amount of spillover, and some wouldn’t contain the bouncing.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
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Emily Nix, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
This all comes as Boston continues to be hard hit by the opioid crisis at Mass and Cass, and the spillover from the drug and human trafficking zone.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
The conflict has been largely concentrated in Nigeria's northeast, with frequent spillover into other provinces and across the borders of neighboring nations, particularly Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Some gave me uniboob, while others created an immense amount of spillover, and some wouldn’t contain the bouncing.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spillover
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“Spillover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillover. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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