cumulative
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The searing temperatures lasted for almost a week and may have had a cumulative physical effect on some players.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“Normal” cumulative breadth — the mere running sum of daily advances minus declines — has not yet made a new all-time high, although it is not far from doing so.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Job placement agency Challenger, Gray & Christmas predicts that teens only will gain a cumulative 790,000 jobs in May, June, and July 2026.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
BloombergNEF says Fervo’s drilling costs per well have declined by about 29% with each doubling of cumulative wells drilled.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
I watched the word Story puff over the fire and spread into a cumulative haze that smelled of ground roots and acrid burn just above our dark heads.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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