accumulated

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This relationship suggests the seals may be repaying a lingering oxygen debt accumulated during diving and hunting trips.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

In the warmer springtime weather, the animals are thriving in the huge piles of rubbish which have accumulated next to people's tents.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Please advise on how best to utilize the funds we’ve accumulated through years of hard work.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

That’s even though the average interest rate on the $39 trillion accumulated public debt has held relatively steady for the past two years, according to Stephanie Pomboy’s latest MacroMavens missive.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Fretting, concentrated thought, reading, looking, wanting—all were to be avoided in favor of a slow drift of association, while the minutes accumulated like banked snow and the silence deepened around her.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan