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In China, for example, where Facebook does not conduct business, central bankers on Monday released a list of concerns about Libra’s global systemic risks and potential spillover effects, according to Bloomberg. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "The Fed Chair Says Facebook's Libra Raises 'Serious Concerns'," 10 July 2019 Others filled a second-floor spillover room in the courthouse to watch a video feed of the hearing. — oregonlive.com, "Federal appeals court hears ‘climate change kids’ case," 4 June 2019 However, Aguirre and his wife Susanne recently did consider moving out because of spillover from bars and clubs on the rowdy St. Mary’s strip. — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, "Property values near the Pearl have exploded in the past five years," 22 June 2019 The spillover effects of the Iraq War reached far beyond the greater Middle East. — Hal Brands, National Review, "Lessons from the Iraq War," 20 June 2019 Friday’s downturn in stock prices is having some modest spillover effects in the corporate-bond market as traders react to falling Treasury yields and the latest bad economic data out of Europe. — Sam Goldfarb, WSJ, "Corporate Bonds Mostly Weather Storm as Stocks, Treasury Yields Fall," 22 Mar. 2019 And no forecasting model adequately captures the spillovers and spillbacks between the U.S. economy and the rest of the world. — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, "Fed Tightening? Not Now," 16 Dec. 2018 There’s only one way the U.S. could monetize the spillover benefits of its military spending, and even Mr. Trump would never do it. — F.h. Buckley, WSJ, "Make Free Riders Pay? Easier Said Than Done," 30 Aug. 2018 Much of its collection is spillover from the Capitoline Museums while its floors feature large mosaics of hunting scenes and are instagrammable in themselves. — Laura Itzkowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, "Rome's Art & Architecture: Our Guide," 5 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spillover.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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