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cumulative

adjective as in accruing; growing in size or effect

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Stock sales exceeded stock purchases by $6 billion in the third quarter, he said, while calculating $183 billion in cumulative net sales.

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Stock sales exceeded stock purchases by $6 billion in the third quarter, he said, while calculating $183 billion in cumulative net sales.

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This may have its amusingly juvenile aspects in Capitol Hill bars after work, but it is the visible manifestation of a cumulative and self-reinforcing radicalization.

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As Newby finishes his third term, his cumulative effect on democracy and justice in North Carolina stands out in bold relief.

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Reality Labs, the division created to power that alternative universe, lost $4.4 billion last quarter, taking its cumulative red ink past $70 billion in less than five years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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