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accumulation

[uh-kyoo-myuh-lay-shuhn] / əˌkju mjəˈleɪ ʃən /


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After doing so, they observed reductions in fat accumulation, inflammation and scarring.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

There is also evidence that reversing the accumulation can help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It can be the accumulation of everywhere a person has been and everything they have experienced.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

One reason wounds often take longer to heal with age involves the gradual accumulation of cells known as senescent cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The new doctrines arose partly because of the accumulation of historical knowledge, and the growth of the historical sense, which had hardly existed before the nineteenth century.

From "1984" by George Orwell

“No, but I’m very excited because it’s kind of a way for me to perhaps move my accumulations into the world at large,” he said.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

Rainfall accumulations of 60-80mm are likely, with as much as 100-120mm over high ground.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

But people don’t buy annuities and remain reluctant to tap their accumulations.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026

After a dry start to the winter, the region has been battered with atmospheric river storms since Christmas, with accumulations of up to six feet on nearby summits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

In 1944, when Planck was eighty-five, an Allied bomb fell on his house and he lost everything–papers, diaries, a lifetime of accumulations.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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