accumulated

Example Sentences

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Once the plant decides to bloom, it channels its entire reserve of accumulated sugar upward into the stalk in a matter of days.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

This meant vintage Levi’s, worn tees, thrift-store knits, “pieces that feel inherited or accumulated over time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Instead of subtracting spending from income, it adds up what households did with their money or how much households accumulated in assets net of new borrowing.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

At the same time, however, more fat accumulated in their livers.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

C. P. Ellis: hurting and hurtful, possessed of all the tedious, creaking, accumulated hatreds of the South, and yet guileless and—Riddick believed—essentially honorable.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson