accumulative

Example Sentences

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As for questions about her age, she said, "I have accumulative youth."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The debut film as writer-director from acclaimed playwright Annie Baker, “Janet Planet” sneaks up on you with a quiet, accumulative emotional power.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

"Additionally, our study revealed that multiyear La Niña are distinguished from single-year La Niña by a conspicuous onset rate, which foretells its accumulative intensity and climate impacts."

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

"It also comes from the accumulative impact of almost two years of a pandemic and having to catch up with a significant backlog."

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2022

The accumulative forces of centuries are pressing hard upon time present. 

From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph