accumulate
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Now we’re trying to figure out whether it’s time to give ourselves permission to enjoy more of what we’ve worked so hard to accumulate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The researchers tackled this problem by adapting precision manufacturing techniques from the semiconductor industry, allowing lithium to accumulate more evenly while encouraging the development of a durable protective layer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
If workers accumulate a preset number of hours or pay, they can qualify for up to a year of coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
While MS’s recent survey indicates a delay in commercial deployment, the bank thinks component demand could emerge faster, supported by more pilot projects as integrators rush to accumulate real-world data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Some scholars imagine ancient hunter-gatherer societies as peaceful paradises, and argue that war and violence began only with the Agricultural Revolution, when people started to accumulate private property.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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On Wednesday the Federal Reserve said it was leaving rates unchanged while new information accumulates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
As snow accumulates and gradually becomes compressed into ice, it can preserve chemical clues about the atmosphere and environmental conditions at the time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
It is a severe form of fatty liver disease in which excess fat accumulates in the liver, causing inflammation and cellular damage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
NPH is a brain disorder in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain’s ventricles, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Rather, it accumulates in the bones and blood–that’s what makes it so dangerous–and neither bone nor blood was tested.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Scientists believe planets began forming when tiny particles of dust and pebbles orbiting the young Sun gradually accumulated into larger bodies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
This is comparable to the U.S., but the funds are managed by nonprofit industry trusts that convert accumulated savings into lifetime annuities rather than lump sums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
SpaceX has rapidly accumulated about $65 billion in more debt since its IPO.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Grocery shopping requires accumulated knowledge of ingredients, cooking, nutrition, family preferences and the mysterious geography of supermarkets.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
In spite of time, of the superimposed periods of mourning, and her accumulated afflictions, Úrsula resisted growing old.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The plates slowly accumulating a geological record of every meal cooked since check-in.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
“Consider some familiar examples of poor decisions: accumulating credit-card debt or failing to plan for retirement.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Once additional material stopped accumulating on the mountain, powerful winds may have gradually eroded portions of the existing rock, carving out the distinctive yardangs visible today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Heavy rain in Scotland may cause some localised flooding with a Met Office yellow warning for 20-40mm of rain forecast with up to 80mm accumulating in a few areas through Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Here, behind the name badge and uniform, was her true self, secretly hoarded, quietly accumulating.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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