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

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

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

He also caught a touchdown pass in the game while accumulating 232 all-purpose yards.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

But then came the crisis: the domed silence; the dusty pages of books all around me; the days accumulating in lists of obsequious footnotes; the wandering doubts about the value of scholarship.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez