accrued
Example Sentences
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Bush accrued thousands of pounds of debt across numerous lenders and eventually sought help from the debt advice charity StepChange.
From BBC
Fewer Lyme disease cases were accrued over the study period than anticipated, and the pre-determined statistical criterion wasn’t met in the primary endpoint.
I accrued last night’s infraction because my last clean blouse was the wrong color; it’s not as if I’ve magically acquired more white ones since then.
From Literature
Each hour of leave is paid based on an employee’s final salary — not what they were earning when the time was accrued.
From Los Angeles Times
Much of the growth in U.S. food spending has accrued to retailers, which continue to take shelf space and pricing power from branded manufacturers through private labels.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
