How to Use trickle-down in a Sentence

trickle-down

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  • But experts said posts like these tend to have a trickle-down effect.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • And this may have a trickle-down effect on our health and well-being.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • This is the trickle-down rot from the fascist oligarchs in our streets.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That has a trickle-down effect on weather across the world.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The effects of those trickle-down policies have become all too clear.
    — Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Call it the bootlicking trickle-down-effect.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The trickle-down effect was too much to recover from.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Tech supply chains are narrow and the trickle-down effect is less pronounced.
    — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But Japan is proving anew that trickle-down economics doesn’t work.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Few schools are completely immune to the Tuscaloosa trickle-down.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In front of the blue paint, the Hughes trade has had a trickle-down effect on the rest of the defense.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The trickle-down effect The draft class began with defense.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This damage to wildlife can have a trickle-down effect to damage the entire ecosystem.
    — Katherine Gallagher, Treehugger, 29 June 2023
  • Loss of those other species could have a trickle-down effect on other plants and animals.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • And in the world of sports, trickle-down economics can be a viable option when nothing else worked.
    — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The trickle-down impact of the closure on Tahoe’s west shore is already being felt.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Consumers are watching warily for trickle-down effects on prices at the pump.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • These beliefs operate in the same way ‘trickle-down’ economics is meant to work.
    — Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Their choices had a trickle-down effect, Close said, to spark the future transfers.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • And the American populace doesn’t seem to like this change from many decades of, well, trickle-down.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 July 2023
  • There’s also a trickle-down economic effect, even for those who weren’t displaced.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Third, there will be a trickle-down effect to get players in more appropriate sports in the lineup.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Analysis shows the trickle-down impact of transborder trade and jobs.
    — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The trickle-down effects of higher energy costs.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 10 June 2026
  • Although that’s not the rate consumers pay, the Fed’s moves do have a trickle-down effect on many types of consumer loans.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But that trickle-down effect hasn’t been enough to sustain and grow the Classic ridership.
    — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Shortages in these areas have a direct trickle-down impact on the taxpayers.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
  • These confirmed and potential ideas have major trickle-down effects for high school prospects across the country.
    — Hunter Delauder, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
  • Williams said the trickle-down effect is affecting junior colleges.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • If the scientists’ scheme works, the return of seabirds—and their prodigious poop—should have trickle-down effects around the island.
    — Tim Lydon, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023

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