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accretion

[uh-kree-shuhn] / əˈkri ʃən /


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Phased capacity addition ensures margin accretion via utilization and higher integration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In his model, some of the exploded material falls back toward the magnetar and forms a tilted accretion disk.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

While a partnership with one of the foremost AI developers would be “a vital long-term strategic move against AI search cannibalization,” the price action Thursday overestimates near-term accretion, Reese asserted.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

But the monarchy is about continuity; it is an accretion of what has come before as well as a living thing that responds to the present.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

But the slow accretion of new functions permits the city to work more or less continuously through the centuries.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan