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spillover

[spil-oh-ver] / ˈspɪlˌoʊ vər /


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With a positive wage-price cycle under way and real interest rates deeply negative, higher crude oil prices are increasingly likely to trigger secondary spillover effects that push underlying inflation above projections, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Still, Sanders said, tight credit spreads in U.S. corporate bonds and other areas of fixed income signal there isn’t currently much spillover from the private-credit mess.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The spillover implications of Google’s equity market foray are myriad, coming just days ahead of SpaceX’s $2 trillion IPO and the planned flotations of AI startups Anthropic and OpenAI.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

"Our data provide important information of which pathogens native snakes may likely have but also which they are likely naïve to. This can inform actions needed to prevent pathogen spillover from captive snakes," Mishin concluded.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

I tore my eyes from the stage and inspected her red-white-and-blue onesie for any signs of spillover.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon




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