spillover

Example Sentences

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Just as damaging are what they call “knock-on,” or spillover, effects.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 22, 2026

“Bank stocks do not currently signal any truly damaging spillover from the problems in private credit or higher oil prices into the U.S. economy,” he wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The conflict has widening spillover effects into the energy and fertilizer complex, signaling a broader liquefied natural gas crunch for Asia, including Singapore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

This kind of spillover, she said, is not unusual.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

I thought I had truly suffered from the spillover of Stargirl’s shunning, but that was nothing now that the full torrent was turned on me.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli