accumulate
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If you invested your $2,000-a-month Social Security at 64, you could accumulate a lot in contributions, growing to roughly $80,000 at 7% or $83,000 at 10%, before taxes and fees.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Though the movie strains for something epic, the drama doesn’t build so much as accumulate busily in front of us, all in service of a not-quite-revelatory point about the importance of telling overlooked stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Patients may accumulate amyloid for years before symptoms appear," said first author Christopher A. Brown, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Neurology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Many people have reservations about this scenario. After all, your son-in-law or daughter-in-law could remarry and the assets you worked a lifetime to accumulate could end up benefiting their new spouse.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Within this network, fictions such as Peugeot not only exist, but also accumulate immense power.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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NPH is a brain disorder in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain’s ventricles, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the former, a claim becomes more credible as evidence accumulates.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
According to Moura, this tissue is the primary representative of "visceral fat" in humans - the fat that accumulates deep within the abdomen, among the vital organs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Banks themselves see their net interest margins improve, since the interest they earn on newly extended credit accumulates faster than the interest they are paying on customer deposits like savings accounts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The word Maven comes from the Yiddish, and it means one who accumulates knowledge.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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But I was interested in the fact that he accumulated so much power, and so that was the basis on which I dug in back in 2022.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The oxygen, a waste product as far as the plant is concerned, is then released into the atmosphere, where it has accumulated for hundreds of millions of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Obviously, waiting to collect your Social Security until 67 or later provides no accumulated investment, but your benefit would be higher by about $500 a month for life.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
These rocks form through interactions between the crust and mantle when portions of the accumulated mantle material partially melt.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
In 1775 Sir Percivall Pott declared that the scrotal cancer so common among chimney sweeps must be caused by the soot that accumulated on their bodies.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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That transition can, for some people, be harder than accumulating the money in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The director, Mohamad Hoseinpour, had used Binance to create a range of cryptocurrencies that traded on Zedcex’s own platform, accumulating hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions, the report showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Plaque may continue accumulating inside the arteries without producing any obvious warning signs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Supporters point to accumulating interest on loans, shelling out for litigation and rising costs for materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Finally, food production permits or requires people to adopt sedentary living, which is a prerequisite for accumulating substantial possessions, developing elaborate technology and crafts, and constructing public works.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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