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spillover
[spil-oh-ver]
noun
the act of spilling over.
a quantity of something spilled over; overflow.
Word History and Origins
Origin of spillover1
Example Sentences
Most of the surge, Imberman told me, was a “spillover effect” in the communities outside the schools themselves.
Vice Adm Andersen doesn't believe any party is courting open conflict in the Arctic but with global tensions rising elsewhere, such as over Ukraine, the potential for spillover in the Arctic is there.
"And what we're seeing through bulk milk surveillance is that actually, spillover is happening. Whenever you have these pulses in H5N1 activity in wildlife, it's spilling over into cattle."
The park crowd was spillover from the annual Picnic Day event hosted by UC Davis.
The spillover impacts of an all-out China-US trade war would be felt globally, and most economists judge that the impact would be highly negative.
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