- present participle of accumulate.
accumulating
Example Sentences
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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
Such cells might eventually be given to people preventively, before those damaging aggregates begin accumulating.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Women who had used hormone therapy had amyloid biomarker levels in their blood and spinal fluid that were consistent with less amyloid accumulating in the brain than women who did not use hormone therapy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
And after accumulating a record cash holding of $397.4 billion at the end of the first quarter, Abel led a spend of $31.9 billion to bring the pile down to $365.5 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 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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