accumulating

Example Sentences

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Just after she graduated in 2016, her debt was £34,105 - but her latest balance statement shows it's now £41,908 because the interest accumulating is outstripping her repayments.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Fights between cash-strapped owners and their unpaid, unsupplied crews are accumulating.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Instead of accumulating extra fat, they developed lipodystrophy, a rare condition in which the body loses healthy fat tissue.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

The industry still treats estate planning as a downstream activity — something you do after accumulating wealth, as a final step.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

On August 4, shortly before his father was to face another surgery to release rapidly accumulating pus, Jim wrote, “Papa doing splendidly.”

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow