How to Use trickle-down in a Sentence
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The trickle-down effect left the Spurs hurting on the bench.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2023
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And this may have a trickle-down effect on our health and well-being.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
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But that doesn’t mean there won’t be trickle-down effects.
—Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
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And the American populace doesn’t seem to like this change from many decades of, well, trickle-down.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 July 2023
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Few schools are completely immune to the Tuscaloosa trickle-down.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
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And in the world of sports, trickle-down economics can be a viable option when nothing else worked.
—Mark Deeks, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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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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This damage to wildlife can have a trickle-down effect to damage the entire ecosystem.
—Katherine Gallagher, Treehugger, 29 June 2023
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But that trickle-down effect hasn’t been enough to sustain and grow the Classic ridership.
—oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
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Also, there’s a trickle-down effect in football in which the NFL does something and, to a degree, college and high school football follow suit.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
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Their success signals the future of AI adoption and has a trickle-down effect on the e-commerce industry.
—Max Firsau, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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Shortages in these areas have a direct trickle-down impact on the taxpayers.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
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But the higher shipping costs will have a trickle-down effect in the long run, ultimately hitting consumers.
—Ruth Liao, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
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One of the main ones being, obviously, the increasingly wide gap between people who have a lot of money and people who don’t, and the trickle-down effect that has on the world.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
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The shift in snowpack literally has trickle-down results.
—Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2023
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And some health care experts and doctors were optimistic that the boon to Einstein would be felt beyond the campus, with a trickle-down effect that would eventually improve health care across the Bronx.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
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Analysts suggest this was, in part, a trickle-down effect of the ongoing war in Ukraine, provoked by Russia’s invasion last year.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
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But the economic stakes appear to be higher in the carriage dispute, with trickle-down effects impacting the entire business.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
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Top predators like wolves and sharks whose absence had drastic trickle-down impacts were demonstrably keystones.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
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At the same time, Jablow said, these results do not take into account the trickle-down effect of these same sentiments being reflected on a national scale.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
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But there’s a trickle-down pressure from the torrent of dollars cascading into Power-5 conferences.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
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Liz Truss, who succeeded Mr. Johnson, was forced out after her trickle-down tax cuts backfired in financial markets.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
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Getty Images Across the country, Americans are still dealing with the trickle-down effects the pandemic left in its wake–and real estate is no exception.
—Diane Tomb, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
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Part of that trickle-down effect on special teams McDaniel alluded to falls on Campbell, a core special teams contributor.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
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The trickle-down effect felt across so many industries is already devastating.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 19 July 2023
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And while those aren’t necessarily written in blood, moving even one game around can have a vast trickle-down effect throughout opponents’ schedules.
—Bill Oram, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
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Some wonder whether a trickle-down effect from the broader conflict could harm local businesses that rely on Disney visitors.
—Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
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That means defining his economic vision as not just a reversal of trickle-down economics but about reviving a sense of pride in communities that had felt left behind.
—Mike Memoli, NBC News, 31 July 2023
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The trickle-down effect could touch every facet of the Southern California economy, including the housing market.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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Even some Republicans are realizing that the trickle-down capitalism that has pissed on our heads since the Reagan era is also harming their constituents and can undermine their electoral success.
—Malaika Jabali, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
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