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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

With balance-transfer cards, people can move existing credit-card debts to new cards and interest will not accrue for a set period of time.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 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

He walked to the top of a rise and crouched and watched the day accrue.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Identity isn’t just in one’s politics or favorite foods; it accrues in little things, glances and gestures and bits of wordless self-expression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Poor air quality also accrues an economic cost of about $800 billion each year.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 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

‘Will is not merely a function which sometimes accrues to consciousness, and is sometimes lacking; it is an integral property of consciousness.’

From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by James H. (James Henry) Leuba

By paying off her debt in full early she has accrued less interest and hopes to repay her family in four years - saving about £20,000.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The balance has been growing on her credit report due to accrued interest, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Adelkoff said she had accrued the vacation time over 40 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

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

"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

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

In October, Paramount is scheduled to begin accruing ticking fees that it would pay to Warner shareholders that amount to $650 million a quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Most of the wealth accruing to the companies monetizing it has been expropriated by them.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 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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