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accumulative

[uh-kyoo-myuh-lay-tiv, -luh-tiv] / əˈkju mjəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
increasing by additions
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Pant hooting and buttress drumming are both part of the male chimpanzee display, suggesting that accumulative stone throwing might represent a modification of this common behavior.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

As for questions about her age, she said, "I have accumulative youth."

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

She said it was an 11.5% increase in April, and an "accumulative increase" of more than 30% since 2018.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2023

It did not specify whether the 25 million devices target referred to annual or accumulative shipments between now and 2026.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2022

This was a great event in the history of the United States, and it has grown in importance and in appreciative remembrance from that day to the present, as the accumulative evidence abundantly shows.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum


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