accumulating

Example Sentences

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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

Rapidly accumulating evidence shows it is slowing as Arctic ice melts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Questions have pivoted to the Ellison family, which will control a constellation of media properties spanning the globe -- though at the cost of accumulating a pile of debt.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

We’re committed to eliminating more and to identifying ways to prevent such debt from accumulating in the first place.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

For two or three years Miss Trixie had been carrying these bags with her, sometimes accumulating three or four by the side of her desk, never disclosing their purpose or destination to anyone.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole