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

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

In intermediate polar systems, gas forms a rotating accretion disk while also being drawn toward the white dwarf's magnetic poles.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

The actual particulars of the event are unclear, obscured by the accretion of myth.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer