accumulation
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In forests, peat is an accumulation of spongy, highly flammable, carbon-rich material formed over time through the decomposition of plant matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Investing, by comparison, offers a much better shot at long-term wealth accumulation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Burnham told BBC's Wake up to Money he will deliver an "accumulation of smaller things" that "combine to take the pressure down" on household budgets.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We suspected that the bacteria had incorporated the uranium in their cell walls. We already knew about accumulation processes from the literature."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
I won’t describe what the accumulation of human and animal skeletons, mixed in with innumerable fish and turtle remains, looked like.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
“No, but I’m very excited because it’s kind of a way for me to perhaps move my accumulations into the world at large,” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
There is also a wider yellow warning across the rest of eastern Scotland where rainfall accumulations of 30-60mm will be seen widely.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
But people don’t buy annuities and remain reluctant to tap their accumulations.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
After a dry start to the winter, the region has been battered with atmospheric river storms since Christmas, with accumulations of up to six feet on nearby summits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
James contented himself with the security of a fashionable crop, the slow, inevitable accumulations of his estate.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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