accretion
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While a partnership with one of the foremost AI developers would be “a vital long-term strategic move against AI search cannibalization,” the price action Thursday overestimates near-term accretion, Reese asserted.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
But the monarchy is about continuity; it is an accretion of what has come before as well as a living thing that responds to the present.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Detecting sulfur in a gas giant atmosphere points strongly toward formation through core accretion.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
But for SGH, “we find accretion and leverage outcomes relatively resilient to changes in bid prices owing to solid deal multiple arbitrage,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
But it should also be remembered that the balance among the relatively small powers around the Aegean could not last forever; history has a way of alternating periods of political fission and accretion.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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