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accumulate

[uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt] / əˈkju mjəˌleɪt /


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“To the extent they accumulate rather than recycle supply back into the market, the bitcoin available to meet new demand tightens,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

This kind of familiarity is one of the pleasures of becoming a regular somewhere: over time, without really deciding to, two people accumulate small pieces of information about each other.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Warsh said that doing so "would allow more information to accumulate between meetings than under current practice and provide policymakers and the staff more time to consider strategic monetary policy issues," the minutes said.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

There is no confession and no announcement; Joyce simply comes to realise, as the secrets accumulate and the women's lives intertwine, that her idea of a monogamous marriage has been a sham all along.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The only kid with enough points for advancement was Elliot, but I was surprised to see how many points my fellow classmates had managed to accumulate while I avoided the tests like the plague.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In a presidency good news comes and goes but bad news accumulates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Namely, how much microplastic is absorbed by the body and how much accumulates over time given that researchers think some level of the plastics exit the body.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

If treated right, peat accumulates "about a millimetre a year," Jones said.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

It accumulates as a sequence rather than arriving as a coup.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

The word Maven comes from the Yiddish, and it means one who accumulates knowledge.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Each stage of the lockup expiration gives insiders the opportunity to offload more of the stock they accumulated before SpaceX went public in June.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

It’s considered in the climate community to be the likeliest proposal for offsetting about 1 degree Celsius of planetary warming that computer models attribute to accumulated emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The researchers were then able to confirm that uranium had indeed accumulated within the bacteria's cell walls.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

With the Mexican national team, he has accumulated more than 70 international appearances, 18 goals, and 12 assists.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

All of the rage she had accumulated during their marriage was told him in that evening as they stood in their small kitchen.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Women who had used hormone therapy had amyloid biomarker levels in their blood and spinal fluid that were consistent with less amyloid accumulating in the brain than women who did not use hormone therapy.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

"Not only that, evidence has been accumulating that it also raises the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mental illness," says Kang Mo-yeol, professor of occupational medicine at the Catholic University of Korea.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Unified faces a cash shortfall of $231 million by November of 2027, gradually accumulating a $3.585 billion deficit by June 30, 2029.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Meanwhile there’s accumulating evidence that the country’s true GDP growth rate may be zero, or that the economy is in outright recession.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

My skin buzzed, like it was crawling with microscopic organisms that had been accumulating steadily since my last shower weeks ago.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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