: the quantity that spills: material lost or scattered by spilling
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The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
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The few downsides are the movie's slow progression mixed with very limited action that comes in the form of some minor blood spillage – leading me to question the R rating.—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024 Goldberg's words come over a year after The View began an unrelenting battle with gaseous entities, following a horrific water spillage (and mysterious fart noise of unknown origin) that plagued the Hot Topics table in January 2023.—EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024 At the littlest spillage—heaven forbid Dorothy’s bucket—of water, our wicked widgets shriek and melt.—Jason Kehe, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2018 Many tankers are not designed according to international best practices to avoid spillage during accidents, said Timothy Iwuagwu, president of the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria.—Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spillage
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