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

"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

She said it was an 11.5% increase in April, and an "accumulative increase" of more than 30% since 2018.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2023

“This one is a longer-lasting heat wave, which brings accumulative effects of not cooling down at night and particularly harming the homeless population.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2022

This is a series of incidents linked together in the accumulative fashion, but proceeding in a straight line and stopping short off without issue or event.

From Literature in the Elementary School by MacClintock, Porter Lander