accumulating

Example Sentences

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GameStop says it invested the money in Bitcoin and marketable securities and began accumulating eBay shares in February.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

When adults were treated with thyroid hormone, which stimulates liver cell growth, their cells began accumulating mutations at rates similar to those seen in juveniles.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 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

At that time, accumulating works by women and artists of color working with nontraditional materials that defied formal categories, wasn’t only uncommon — it wasn’t done.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

They kept growing like nothing anyone had seen, doubling their numbers every twenty-four hours, stacking hundreds on top of hundreds, accumulating by the millions.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot