How to Use spillover in a Sentence

spillover

noun
Definition of spillovernext
  • Put a pan under the pie to catch any spillovers.
  • New technology has a positive spillover effect into countless fields.
  • The turnout is often so big that Lunge has to plan for a spillover bar next door.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The wildlife spillover idea has millions of chances to occur.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2021
  • And stopping those spillovers hasn’t seen much progress.
    — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Be sure to cover the top of your blender with a dish towel in case there’s spillover.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • There's a spillover that has US gas prices at a seven-year high.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
  • These are summed up in a risk score out of 155; the higher the score, the more likelihood of spillover.
    — Harini Barath, Scientific American, 16 June 2021
  • Or the notion of a wildlife spillover, with a million or so chances to occur?
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The slow pace of construction in the Bay Area has a spillover effect across the country.
    — Sergio Lopez, Time, 24 Aug. 2021
  • And then think about what the spillover effects of such a prolonged office slump might be.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • On the Edge The moment in which a virus jumps from an animal to a human is called spillover.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Flu virus spillover events — from poultry or from pigs — occur from time to time.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The schools also saw some spillover gains in students’ math achievement.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
  • People in areas with a high risk of spillover don’t need to stop living their lives.
    — Deborah Kochevar, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2021
  • But research has shown that there are spillover effects, too.
    — Renee Hsia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The spillover effect of the crisis might have a profound influence on the market.
    — Alfred Cang, Fortune, 6 June 2022
  • Biden acknowledged that the weeks or months ahead will be hard on Ukrainians, with a spillover on the world and its markets.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2022
  • This bra fits well with no gaps and no spillover, and the breathable mesh fabric is comfortable and soft.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 16 May 2024
  • The spillover effects of gun violence are sweeping, and not just for the victims.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • Cass sees a huge spillover effect from Adams to local opinions.
    — Max Rivlin-Nadler, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Nervous investors have rushed to gold in the past few days, worried about a spillover from the banking sector.
    — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And this is having spillover effects on our campuses and, of course, in some cities.
    — CBS News, 28 Apr. 2024
  • This contact is believed to increase the risk of spillover, in which a pathogen moves from one species to another.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
  • The courtroom was full, and the spillover room also filled to capacity with members of the public.
    — Mo Abbas, NBC News, 6 June 2023
  • Many of those were spillover from a list for its previous watch from 2016, the Remontoire, which sold out in about two years.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The best protection against spillover and spillback may be the same ones currently in use.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Meanwhile, people who live in the neighborhood face the prospect of traffic spillover.
    — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The 57 degrees was mainly spillover warmth from Thursday.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Modern communities aren’t built to prepare for this kind of spillover.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024

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