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accretion

[uh-kree-shuhn] / əˈkri ʃən /


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“Investors have built confidence in the resilience of earnings, accretion from investment opportunities, and greater free float/liquidity,” says Fromyhr.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

BOQ expects ROE accretion of 15-25 basis points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

While a partnership with one of the foremost AI developers would be “a vital long-term strategic move against AI search cannibalization,” the price action Thursday overestimates near-term accretion, Reese asserted.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

But the monarchy is about continuity; it is an accretion of what has come before as well as a living thing that responds to the present.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Physicists grappled with the mysteries of subatomic behavior into the mid-1920s, hoping that the steady accretion of observed results would lead them to the truth.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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