How to Use trickle-down in a Sentence

trickle-down

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• The trickle-down effect left the Spurs hurting on the bench.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2023
• The idea of trickle-down economics doesn't work, in my view.
  — Robert Costa, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2024
• And this may have a trickle-down effect on our health and well-being.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• But that doesn’t mean there won’t be trickle-down effects.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
• Courtesy of Isaac Now that the law is in place in his own state, Isaac is concerned about the trickle-down effect.
  — Maura Barrett, NBC News, 18 June 2024
• But experts said posts like these tend to have a trickle-down effect.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
• The trickle-down impact of the closure on Tahoe’s west shore is already being felt.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2025
• And the American populace doesn’t seem to like this change from many decades of, well, trickle-down.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 July 2023
• The effects of those trickle-down policies have become all too clear.
  — Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
• Few schools are completely immune to the Tuscaloosa trickle-down.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• The staffing issues are having a trickle-down effect on the residents that HACC serves, some say.
  — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
• And in the world of sports, trickle-down economics can be a viable option when nothing else worked.
  — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• If the scientists’ scheme works, the return of seabirds—and their prodigious poop—should have trickle-down effects around the island.
  — Tim Lydon, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
• This damage to wildlife can have a trickle-down effect to damage the entire ecosystem.
  — Katherine Gallagher, Treehugger, 29 June 2023
• The trickle-down effect of Domi moving up comes in the middle of the third line, with Pontus Holmerg once again reclaiming the role.
  — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
• But that trickle-down effect hasn’t been enough to sustain and grow the Classic ridership.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
• The trickle-down effects can be seen throughout U.S. culture.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• The Warriors understand the dangerous trickle-down effects a bouncy Green can have on the rest of his team.
  — Kelly Iko, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
• These beliefs operate in the same way ‘trickle-down’ economics is meant to work.
  — Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
• There’s some concern that the absence of this year’s event will have a trickle-down effect on the biking community.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
• The interference with commercial trade in the Red Sea has a trickle-down effect that could drive up the costs of goods on Maryland households.
  — Chevy Weiss, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
• Reagan f***** us over too with his trickle-down economics.
  — David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
• But 10 years later, trickle-down tech has made the Artura a downright bargain.
  — Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
• Also, there’s a trickle-down effect in football in which the NFL does something and, to a degree, college and high school football follow suit.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• Their choices had a trickle-down effect, Close said, to spark the future transfers.
  — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
• There’s a struggle at the top, and it’s being felt amongst a lot of the employees as well, because there’s a trickle-down effect.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 20 Feb. 2026
• People are also skipping trips to the grocery store or drug store, which can have a trickle-down impact on health, Muthyala said.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
• Bregman’s signing with the Red Sox had a trickle-down effect on the rest of the roster last season.
  — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
• The de-emphasis on high school recruiting has created a trickle-down effect.
  — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
• Williams said the trickle-down effect is affecting junior colleges.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026