cumulative
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The cumulative effect of all this was seen at the start of the year, when it became obvious the car and the engine were both uncompetitive and unreliable.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
RHB expects Bank Indonesia to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at its August meeting, extending its policy pause after raising rates by a cumulative 100 bps since May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The group also raised its cumulative free cash flow target from 2024 to 2026 above 6.7 billion pounds from above 6 billion pounds previously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Arise IIP, which says it has secured nearly $2 billion in cumulative investment, announced a fresh $700-million fundraising round in September 2025.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Still another factor tipping the balance away from hunting-gathering was the cumulative development of technologies on which food production would eventually depend—technologies for collecting, processing, and storing wild foods.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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