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Put a pan under the pie to catch any spillovers.
New technology has a positive spillover effect into countless fields.
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These spillover effects are deepening an arc of instability stretching from Europe to the Middle East, from Africa to Asia.
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
And the spillover has pushed another million people out of work, the Iranian publication Etemad Online has estimated.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The program is intended to prioritize parking for residents living within each zone and reduce spillover from nearby commercial or high-density areas.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
This contributed to Silicon Valley’s culture of rapid job‑hopping, knowledge spillovers, and cross‑firm collaboration.
—Morris M. Kleiner, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
And the spillover has pushed another million people out of work, the Iranian publication Etemad Online has estimated.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The program is intended to prioritize parking for residents living within each zone and reduce spillover from nearby commercial or high-density areas.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
This contributed to Silicon Valley’s culture of rapid job‑hopping, knowledge spillovers, and cross‑firm collaboration.
—Morris M. Kleiner, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Spillover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillover. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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