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accretion
noun as in gradual growth, addition
Strongest match
Weak match
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Two new studies -- published in National Science Review and Science Bulletin -- now point to micro-quasars powered by black hole accretion as the leading explanation.
“Reduced home equity accretion, in an environment of flattish home price growth, could over time increase the amount of mortgage risk in the system.”
The team suggests the answer lies in the temperature of the accretion disk around the central object.
“It’s a one-way ratchet toward the gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people’s elected representatives,” Gorsuch said.
“The president’s a one-way ratchet toward the gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people’s elected representatives,” he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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