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trickles

  • plural
    of trickle.
    trickle
    verb (used without object)
    to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream.
  • present tense form
    of trickle (3rd person singular).
    trickle
    verb (used without object)
    to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream.

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Wells Fargo recommends stocks in the tech, industrials and financial services sectors as spending on artificial intelligence trickles down into the rest of the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“And that trickles down to these interview subjects seeing the increased quality and going, ‘I like the way these things look.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

If fresh information that trickles in late can be used to resolve bets, they might never be fully settled, these traders argue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Jackson said: "That trickles downstream to mean that comedy is not getting funded even though it generates billions in revenue, millions in tax, it's not being proportionately reinvested back into the sector."

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Even in the cool breeze, sweat trickles down my face.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins