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accrue

[uh-kroo] / əˈkru /


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There is no equivalent class in college and so no college credit to accrue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

It warned the company would "likely accrue" more than £900m in penalties over the next five years.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“There’s this concept out there that if your testosterone number is higher, then all these magical benefits will accrue to you, and it’s simply not true.”

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026

The company said it expects to accrue a legal expense of $10 billion in the current quarter related to the agreement.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

He knew the praise was premature, but the banquet hinted at the greater glory that would accrue to him at fair’s end, provided of course the exposition met the world’s elaborate expectations.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

“History suggests that transformative technologies create enormous value—and much of that value accrues to the companies that build and deploy them, and to the investors who own them,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

“Microsoft’s diversity of exposure to the software stack gives the company multiple ways to win depending on where the value accrues from AI adoption,” wrote Borges.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

First, investors should prioritize “picks-and-shovel plays” in AI, as value accrues to bottleneck layers — lithography, memory, advanced logic fabrication and chip design, he says.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025

That judgment, which accrues interest, is now valued at more than $485 million, according to USA Today.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

They help sustain this boutique press because of wealth that has been accrued, in many cases, in a sector predicated on a steady supply of new technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

San Diego agents discovered that two companies linked to the Saudi Ministry of Defence were providing Bayoumi with his $90,000 pay, but that he never went to work and accrued "outrageous" expenses.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

According to the American Bondholders Foundation, this outstanding debt now exceeds $1 trillion, thanks to accrued interest and penalties.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Last week, Bancel learned the melanoma trial had accrued enough data to reach statistical significance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

But he had also spent those same years marveling at the benefits that accrued to anyone willing to pose for posterity in the mythical mode.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Total U.S. household wealth reached a record $185.7 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, according to Federal Reserve data, though new wealth is disproportionately accruing to the already well-off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"The definition has been kept so vague that almost any benefit accruing to a person can be considered or argued to be an allurement," said Abhay Thipsay, a retired Bombay High Court judge.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Only your record keeps accruing delayed retirement credits — generally 8% per year for someone with an FRA of 67 — after 67 up to 70.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The company has also been accruing fines as air regulators demand the company take additional steps to mitigate the smell and vermin that has been drawn to the site and surrounding neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The contract provided that all monies accruing to Malcolm X “shall be made payable by the agent to ‘Muhammad’s Mosque No. 2,’ ” but Malcolm X felt this was insufficient.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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