accrue
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The suit is an attempt to insulate Paramount from those costs, which it says will only accrue because of the ongoing legal action.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The key aspect, however, is that “the majority of the value will accrue to the frontier models as they orchestrate other models, as they make them more efficient.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
In California, unused vacation hours are considered wages and, while employers can’t enforce a “use it or lose it” policy, they can set caps on how much vacation an employee is allowed to accrue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He walked to the top of a rise and crouched and watched the day accrue.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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“Microsoft’s diversity of exposure to the software stack gives the company multiple ways to win depending on where the value accrues from AI adoption,” wrote Borges.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
First, investors should prioritize “picks-and-shovel plays” in AI, as value accrues to bottleneck layers — lithography, memory, advanced logic fabrication and chip design, he says.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
At that point, workers’ share of gross domestic product, currently 52%, “converges to zero, and most income eventually accrues to compute.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
That judgment, which accrues interest, is now valued at more than $485 million, according to USA Today.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
And this method is the knowledge of the principles, and this knowledge accrues from former ideas.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya
“The immigration laws enacted by Congress impose consequences when someone who has accrued unlawful presence, leaves the country and later seeks admission, including when that departure occurs under advance parole,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The money funded speculative personal investments that were used to help cover personal trading losses accrued years earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Having invested in hedge funds for over 20 years, the fund has accrued a good sense of the strong managers, the network and the partnerships, said Yeo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"The public debate tends to focus on total hypothetical debt accrued, as opposed to what students actually end up repaying," the university said.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Believe it or not, your accrued, cultural knowledge, added to a little enthusiasm and singing, is more than enough to be able to incorporate music into a lesson or curriculum.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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In October, Paramount is scheduled to begin accruing ticking fees that it would pay to Warner shareholders that amount to $650 million a quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Those fees, which begin accruing in October, will cost Paramount an extra $7 million a day — until the purchase is finalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
But that could change , and in the meantime my loans are still accruing interest.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
StepStone has been accruing the liability on its financial statements, and the latest estimate of the cost of buying in the CH fee interest was $2.17 billion.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The contract provided that all monies accruing to Malcolm X “shall be made payable by the agent to ‘Muhammad’s Mosque No. 2,’ ” but Malcolm X felt this was insufficient.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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