accumulate
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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 honeybee queens are exposed to pesticides over time, some of those chemicals can accumulate in their bodies and then be transferred into their eggs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Phillip Securities Research raises its rating to buy from accumulate and lifts its target price to 7.21 Singapore dollars from S$7.00 after factoring in contributions from Sembcorp’s acquisition of Alinta Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
So to survive year-round, I would have had to save enough, in the months between August 1999 and May 2000, to accumulate the first month’s rent and deposit on an actual apartment.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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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
It accumulates as a sequence rather than arriving as a coup.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
But what about the thousands of everyday memories, the thousands of everyday reminders, that every person accumulates?
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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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
Ajarry made a science of her own black body and accumulated observations.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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And after accumulating a record cash holding of $397.4 billion at the end of the first quarter, Abel led a spend of $31.9 billion to bring the pile down to $365.5 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
“That leaves providers in this space of providing services and accruing and accumulating debt without any idea of when those contracts are going to be executed and when contracts will be paid,” Maceri said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
In Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies, tau proteins begin accumulating inside nerve cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
I glance outside as we eat to see that the snow is still gently falling, a blanket of white steadily accumulating on the ground.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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