accumulating

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Index providers face pressure to adapt as today’s venture-backed giants are staying private far longer than before, accumulating enormous valuations before ever reaching public markets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Just after she graduated in 2016, her debt was £34,105 - but her latest balance statement shows it's now £41,908 because the interest accumulating is outstripping her repayments.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Instead of accumulating extra fat, they developed lipodystrophy, a rare condition in which the body loses healthy fat tissue.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

IAC has been accumulating shares of MGM Resorts, with the thesis that “there was no technology that was going to displace a customer from going to Las Vegas,” Diller said in his letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

New information about Japanese genetics and language origins, accumulating since the book’s first publication, now encourages me to test how Japan fits into my overall framework.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond