accumulation
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As we age, the firsts are replaced by a steady accumulation of lasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Flash memory and data-storage company Sandisk provided a good example of accumulation earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
They analyzed gravity satellite measurements, snow accumulation records preserved in ice cores, and simulations of atmospheric circulation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Harmful processes that either contribute to plaque accumulation or result from it may already be active in the brain even though the plaques themselves cannot yet be detected by scanning,
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
I find this game tiring—it’s the weight, the accumulation of all these objects, these possessions that would have to be taken care of, packed, stuffed into cars, unpacked.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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“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
Normal mice developed accumulations of the toxic protein in their brains and went on to show Parkinson's like symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
As the Eaton and Palisades fires roared across the Altadena area and the coastal Santa Monica Mountains in January 2025, the flames were fueled in part by accumulations of bone-dry chaparral, brush and other vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
While the wintry weather has come to a sudden end, significant snow accumulations across parts of Scotland, combined with heavy rainfall and rising temperatures, are increasing the risk of flooding as the snow melts.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Gone the ink marks from legs and face, all my creations and accumulations of the day gone, and replaced by goose pimples.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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