How to Use trickle-down in a Sentence
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The trickle-down effect left the Spurs hurting on the bench.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2023
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The idea of trickle-down economics doesn't work, in my view.
—Robert Costa, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2024
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And this may have a trickle-down effect on our health and well-being.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
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But that doesn’t mean there won’t be trickle-down effects.
—Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
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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
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But experts said posts like these tend to have a trickle-down effect.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The trickle-down impact of the closure on Tahoe’s west shore is already being felt.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2025
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And the American populace doesn’t seem to like this change from many decades of, well, trickle-down.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 July 2023
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The effects of those trickle-down policies have become all too clear.
—Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
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Few schools are completely immune to the Tuscaloosa trickle-down.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
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The staffing issues are having a trickle-down effect on the residents that HACC serves, some say.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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And in the world of sports, trickle-down economics can be a viable option when nothing else worked.
—Mark Deeks, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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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
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This damage to wildlife can have a trickle-down effect to damage the entire ecosystem.
—Katherine Gallagher, Treehugger, 29 June 2023
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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
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But that trickle-down effect hasn’t been enough to sustain and grow the Classic ridership.
—oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
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The trickle-down effects can be seen throughout U.S. culture.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
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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
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These beliefs operate in the same way ‘trickle-down’ economics is meant to work.
—Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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Reagan f***** us over too with his trickle-down economics.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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But 10 years later, trickle-down tech has made the Artura a downright bargain.
—Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
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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
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Analysis shows the trickle-down impact of transborder trade and jobs.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
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Their success signals the future of AI adoption and has a trickle-down effect on the e-commerce industry.
—Max Firsau, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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And the arguments about savings for consumers are usually a bunch of trickle-down fiction.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
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Shortages in these areas have a direct trickle-down impact on the taxpayers.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
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In recent weeks, Valley Toffee has felt some trickle-down effects of tariffs.
—Grayson Labarreare, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
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There are trickle-down effects to the lower elevations, too.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 18 June 2025
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