accumulate
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Ord Minnett upgrades Northern Star to accumulate, from hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Eventually, enough energy can accumulate to create additional charged particles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Unlike white adipose tissue, which primarily stores fat and tends to accumulate in obesity, brown fat specializes in using energy and 'burning' calories from food.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Rather than continuing to accumulate young talent around their lone lottery picks, Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson, they decided they were ready to accelerate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Some scholars imagine ancient hunter-gatherer societies as peaceful paradises, and argue that war and violence began only with the Agricultural Revolution, when people started to accumulate private property.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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The condition develops when excessive fat accumulates inside liver cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Atsukuni Tabata, 56, who works at an advertising company, said it was "scary" not knowing what AI would do as it "accumulates more and more data".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
History accumulates faster than collective memory can accommodate it.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Lenders may also offer the option to defer repayment until after graduation, but keep in mind that interest still accumulates during that time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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“The question is ultimately about familiarity, affinity, and allyship—not as symbolic gestures, but as evidence accumulated over years of shared political struggle. It is a proxy for trust,” he wrote.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
His tweet about it has accumulated more than 20 million views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Plants require a certain amount of accumulated heat, calculated as 'growing degree-days,' to progress through developmental stages including fruiting. Our plant cover has proven to enhance these," Olawuyi said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ben Dancer has chosen to dance for several hours at a time before taking his accumulated rest.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
But the long letters he wrote to Antonapoulos accumulated in his pockets until he would destroy them.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Over the past year or so, Berkshire Hathaway has become a major shareholder of YouTube’s parent, Alphabet, accumulating a stake worth about $38 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"During hibernation, bears do not eat or drink and lose one-third of their body weight. Their winter survival depends on accumulating ample fat reserves before entering the den," organisers wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Known in Los Angeles art circles for his vast collection of African art and legendary dinner parties, Ernest “Ernie” Wolfe III has spent a lifetime accumulating art, friends and stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Records tumbled in overheated basins like the Atlantic and Mediterranean and also the tropical Pacific, where the strongest El Nino weather pattern in the modern era is fast accumulating strength.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Finally, food production permits or requires people to adopt sedentary living, which is a prerequisite for accumulating substantial possessions, developing elaborate technology and crafts, and constructing public works.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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