cumulative
Example Sentences
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Perhaps inevitably, this ensemble piece works best in its cumulative impact.
From Los Angeles Times
“What people are feeling are the cumulative effects of years of inflation.”
The most recent Russian attacks against energy installations in the capital and other big cities have had a cumulative effect that is much worse than before.
From BBC
The consequences, she says, tend to be cumulative rather than entertaining.
From BBC
It is now the cumulative costs of smaller-scale disasters -- like local floods and forest fires -- that are having the greatest impact.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
