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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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Inside the remaining hospitals, the spillover is visible.
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Selina Wang, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Depending on the state, parents may also gain coverage through Medicaid expansion, which past research has shown to generate positive spillover effects by increasing Medicaid enrollment for their children who were already eligible.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Extensive layoffs would shift the losses from a temporary delay to a more permanent loss of income and human capital, reducing aggregate demand and potentially increasing unemployment spillovers into the private sector.
—John W. Diamond, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
We’re hung up on the issue of what was the source of COVID-19—a lab leak or a spillover?
—Alice Park, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Selina Wang, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Depending on the state, parents may also gain coverage through Medicaid expansion, which past research has shown to generate positive spillover effects by increasing Medicaid enrollment for their children who were already eligible.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Extensive layoffs would shift the losses from a temporary delay to a more permanent loss of income and human capital, reducing aggregate demand and potentially increasing unemployment spillovers into the private sector.
—John W. Diamond, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
We’re hung up on the issue of what was the source of COVID-19—a lab leak or a spillover?
—Alice Park, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Spillover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillover. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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