accrue
Example Sentences
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What type of account should I put it in so it can accrue interest, but I can still access it each month to withdraw the monthly amount for child support?
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Videos ranking the best players of specific games show that bragging rights accrue long after the achievement itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Smaller but real tailwinds could accrue to insurers with maternal and pediatric products, hospital operators with obstetrics and fertility exposure, preschool and education providers, and travel companies if family-friendly tourism gets sustained policy support.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Older borrowers, in particular, have felt the quakes in the student loan landscape since the interest on their debt has had more time — often, decades — to accrue.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
He walked to the top of a rise and crouched and watched the day accrue.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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