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accretion

[uh-kree-shuhn] / əˈkri ʃən /


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Phased capacity addition ensures margin accretion via utilization and higher integration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

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

Earlier models based on our solar system suggested that planets forming through core accretion would not have enough time to grow so massive before the young star dispersed the surrounding disk of gas.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Most of them are in the ancient lunar highlands and date from the time of the final accretion of the Moon from interplanetary debris.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan