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accumulate

[uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt] / əˈkju mjəˌleɪt /


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They explained that the bitcoin cycle is made up of a four-year cycle — breakout, hype, correction and accumulate.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

"When pesticides accumulate to the extent that the queen bee has eggs that are so loaded they may no longer develop properly, there could be a tipping point," Nicklisch said.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

This kind of familiarity is one of the pleasures of becoming a regular somewhere: over time, without really deciding to, two people accumulate small pieces of information about each other.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Warsh said that doing so "would allow more information to accumulate between meetings than under current practice and provide policymakers and the staff more time to consider strategic monetary policy issues," the minutes said.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

When I was a child, I waited for my mind to grow, for my experiences to accumulate and my choices to solidify, taking shape into the likeness of a person.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

As chromosome mixing accumulates over time, lineages continue to diverge.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Lenders may also offer the option to defer repayment until after graduation, but keep in mind that interest still accumulates during that time.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

In a presidency good news comes and goes but bad news accumulates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

If treated right, peat accumulates "about a millimetre a year," Jones said.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Most of us, when we think of volcanoes, think of the classic cone shapes of a Fuji or Kilimanjaro, which are created when erupting magma accumulates in a symmetrical mound.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

As of Friday morning, an estimated 2.5 million cubic metres of water had accumulated at the barrier lake, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The prolonged hot weather created ideal conditions for the subtropical species to reproduce naturally, as the sand retained heat accumulated during the day.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

She has made an art out of felt, remembered and imagined experience, not accumulated information.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Each stage of the lockup expiration gives insiders the opportunity to offload more of the stock they accumulated before SpaceX went public in June.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

In a very short time they had accumulated all sorts of fascinating facts about tombs and temples, pharaohs and pyramids, mummies and monoliths, and dozens of other exotic topics.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

If you take advantage of that $0 bill and skip paying the following month, daily interest will keep accumulating, wiping out the interest savings you were attempting to gain.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Such cells might eventually be given to people preventively, before those damaging aggregates begin accumulating.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Samples—and a certain stink—are accumulating at Quest Diagnostics thanks to the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"Not only that, evidence has been accumulating that it also raises the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mental illness," says Kang Mo-yeol, professor of occupational medicine at the Catholic University of Korea.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

One could go on accumulating evidence of this sort for the validity of the idea of the Scientific Revolution, but plenty of scholars would remain unpersuaded and unpersuadable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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