accumulate
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"I feel my skills and my passion are better suited to trying to pass on that knowledge and experience I've been lucky enough to accumulate over the years."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Ndukwe must accumulate 15 points across a number of categories while out on loan to qualify automatically for a visa.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Domoic acid can accumulate in shellfish and cause nausea, diarrhea and illness in humans when consumed at low levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Once inside the brain, these particles can interfere with communication between brain cells, weaken immune protection, and encourage amyloid proteins to accumulate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some scholars imagine ancient hunter-gatherer societies as peaceful paradises, and argue that war and violence began only with the Agricultural Revolution, when people started to accumulate private property.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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In a presidency good news comes and goes but bad news accumulates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Namely, how much microplastic is absorbed by the body and how much accumulates over time given that researchers think some level of the plastics exit the body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
If treated right, peat accumulates "about a millimetre a year," Jones said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
It accumulates as a sequence rather than arriving as a coup.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Pascal went further than simply insisting on the authority of experience; he argued that our knowledge of nature is capable of endless progress because it is founded in experience, and experience accumulates over time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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It’s considered in the climate community to be the likeliest proposal for offsetting about 1 degree Celsius of planetary warming that computer models attribute to accumulated emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
With the Mexican national team, he has accumulated more than 70 international appearances, 18 goals, and 12 assists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
But in Guryong Village, set among mounds of accumulated refuse, access to air conditioning -- or even a reliable supply of electricity -- is far from guaranteed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The scientists analyzed the composition of the sediment cores and measured how quickly material from the permafrost accumulated on the ocean floor.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
What if the current forms of animals were also the consequence of natural forces that had accumulated over millennia?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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"Not only that, evidence has been accumulating that it also raises the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mental illness," says Kang Mo-yeol, professor of occupational medicine at the Catholic University of Korea.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rates vary by species, with genetic changes accumulating more quickly in some animals than in others.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Unified faces a cash shortfall of $231 million by November of 2027, gradually accumulating a $3.585 billion deficit by June 30, 2029.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“These gains are accumulating mostly to those at the top of the income distribution,” the study said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
I glance outside as we eat to see that the snow is still gently falling, a blanket of white steadily accumulating on the ground.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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