How to Use spillover in a Sentence

spillover

noun
  • Put a pan under the pie to catch any spillovers.
  • New technology has a positive spillover effect into countless fields.
  • But those feuds started last week and were just spillover, which doesn’t count.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 19 Jan. 2017
  • Even with spillover, a virus that jumps to a new species doesn’t always spread.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
  • My view is that the spillover is temporary.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • What about those who have endured the war’s spillover in Lebanon?
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
  • Lebanon has also been rocked by the spillover of the war in Gaza.
    — Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The wildlife spillover idea has millions of chances to occur.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2021
  • But research has shown that there are spillover effects, too.
    — Renee Hsia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Part of what’s causing so many of these spillover events are embers.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Place baking pan on a cookie sheet — to catch any spillover — in the oven.
    — Home Plates Readers, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Flu virus spillover events — from poultry or from pigs — occur from time to time.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Third, watch the regional spillover risk.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • 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
  • The turnout is often so big that Lunge has to plan for a spillover bar next door.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • How much spillover is there for you with regard to the relievers?
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
  • The spillover from these policies has won a legion of contests.
    — John Kenneth Galbraith, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • There's a spillover that has US gas prices at a seven-year high.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Or the notion of a wildlife spillover, with a million or so chances to occur?
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Always shop for the larger breast to avoid telltale spillover.
    — Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Keep water fresh in livestock tanks, and try to prevent spillover.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • People in areas with a high risk of spillover don’t need to stop living their lives.
    — Deborah Kochevar, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The schools also saw some spillover gains in students’ math achievement.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And then think about what the spillover effects of such a prolonged office slump might be.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • And designs that have an inch or two of plastic around the edge will help prevent spillovers.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The spillover lands on their family, friends, co-workers, and even strangers.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The next day saw a mad rush to buy and sell the token, causing all sorts of spillover effects.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Dana, hantavirus occurs by what's called a zoonotic spillover.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • Cass sees a huge spillover effect from Adams to local opinions.
    — Max Rivlin-Nadler, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2023
  • One of the main Western spillovers is wealth drain from poorer to richer places.
    — David Sogge, Time, 5 Apr. 2025

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