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accumulate

[uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt] / əˈkju mjəˌleɪt /


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And home values — and therefore, the wealth that homeowners can accumulate from their houses — have little room to grow, Zandi said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

As people age, however, certain cells accumulate that can keep inflammation active for much longer than necessary.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

It will be able to accumulate enough water to provide 10 to 15 additional transits per day or about the same volume consumed by drinking water.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Stuffing is made for weeknight dinners precisely because it is so good at absorbing the odds and ends that accumulate by midweek, without requiring another trip to the supermarket.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

This song does not have a refrain, but the verses themselves accumulate lyrics.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Banks themselves see their net interest margins improve, since the interest they earn on newly extended credit accumulates faster than the interest they are paying on customer deposits like savings accounts.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

History accumulates faster than collective memory can accommodate it.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Lenders may also offer the option to defer repayment until after graduation, but keep in mind that interest still accumulates during that time.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Namely, how much microplastic is absorbed by the body and how much accumulates over time given that researchers think some level of the plastics exit the body.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Though I'll have to clean it thoroughly every few hours as dust accumulates.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Aggrey accumulated a sizable number of SpaceX shares from both his initial signing allocation and from his annual performance bonuses.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Saudi Arabia has accumulated some oil in storage at the Yanbu port.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

As the water moved across those materials, the droplets accumulated electrical charge.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

My $1,330.13 was, in other words, the accumulated sticker price of my particular trail through the stacks.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

But as new knowledge accumulated, the printing press instead of fostering scepticism began to make possible a new type of confidence.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

That trend has prompted researchers to investigate a provocative possibility: Are younger generations accumulating biological damage more quickly, causing their bodies to age faster than expected?

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Records tumbled in overheated basins like the Atlantic and Mediterranean and also the tropical Pacific, where the strongest El Nino weather pattern in the modern era is fast accumulating strength.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Most of those are savings products produced by insurance companies that are typically designed for accumulating savings, not spending them.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Samples—and a certain stink—are accumulating at Quest Diagnostics thanks to the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

All I could think of now was the almost bitter taste of the bubbles popping against my tongue, the crunch and numb swallow of ice cubes, condensation accumulating on textured plastic until it dripped.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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