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accrue

[uh-kroo] / əˈkru /


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She now works as a flight instructor to accrue enough hours to apply to an airline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

But she is currently on maternity leave and knows the interest will continue to accrue while her earnings - and therefore monthly repayments - drop.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

As in 11 postseason victories to accrue a third consecutive World Series crown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“There’s this concept out there that if your testosterone number is higher, then all these magical benefits will accrue to you, and it’s simply not true.”

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026

He knew the praise was premature, but the banquet hinted at the greater glory that would accrue to him at fair’s end, provided of course the exposition met the world’s elaborate expectations.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The biggest tax benefit from municipals accrues to those with the highest incomes in the highest-tax locations — but you don’t need to be a multimillionaire to benefit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

“While most claims for exclusion are for modest amounts, the bulk of the excluded gains, and thus tax savings, accrues to high-income individuals making large exclusion claims,” the Treasury economists wrote.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

“History suggests that transformative technologies create enormous value—and much of that value accrues to the companies that build and deploy them, and to the investors who own them,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

But much more than that, it is a story about how one individual, when he accrues enough wealth and influence and connections, can work the entire global system to his benefit for very nefarious purposes.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026

This is one good result that accrues from travelling, and I have hardly ever yet known a citizen of the world who could be called selfish.

From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Gordon Stables

According to the organization’s latest tax filings, Adelkoff was paid $1.6 million over two years, roughly half of which came from a payout of unused vacation accrued over four decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

They help sustain this boutique press because of wealth that has been accrued, in many cases, in a sector predicated on a steady supply of new technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Nafta negotiators worked around this problem by giving Canadian manufacturers a break from Nafta tariffs according to their existing shipments to the U.S., much of which accrued to Peerless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

San Diego agents discovered that two companies linked to the Saudi Ministry of Defence were providing Bayoumi with his $90,000 pay, but that he never went to work and accrued "outrageous" expenses.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Believe it or not, your accrued, cultural knowledge, added to a little enthusiasm and singing, is more than enough to be able to incorporate music into a lesson or curriculum.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"The definition has been kept so vague that almost any benefit accruing to a person can be considered or argued to be an allurement," said Abhay Thipsay, a retired Bombay High Court judge.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Only your record keeps accruing delayed retirement credits — generally 8% per year for someone with an FRA of 67 — after 67 up to 70.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The company has also been accruing fines as air regulators demand the company take additional steps to mitigate the smell and vermin that has been drawn to the site and surrounding neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Unfortunately, once you notice that inexorably ticking clock, you also become aware of the flimsiness of the play itself, and the accruing tedium of the production, directed by David Blum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The contract provided that all monies accruing to Malcolm X “shall be made payable by the agent to ‘Muhammad’s Mosque No. 2,’ ” but Malcolm X felt this was insufficient.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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