- past tense form of accumulate.
- past participle of accumulate.
accumulated
Example Sentences
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My $1,330.13 was, in other words, the accumulated sticker price of my particular trail through the stacks.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Over the past four years, central banks have accumulated an annual average of 1,000 tonnes of gold, up significantly from the 500 tonnes average over the preceding decade, according to the World Gold Council.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Water "is the most important resource for operations," but "between April and August the accumulated rainfall deficit was 35.8 percent below the historical average," the canal's water manager Erick Cordoba told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Years of accumulated situations, decisions and circumstances that for a long time I chose to keep silent out of respect, out of loyalty, and above all, because it involved my own family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Lyell had argued that the current landscape of the earth was the consequence of natural forces that had accumulated over millions of years.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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