accumulation
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In forests, peat is an accumulation of spongy, highly flammable, carbon-rich material formed over time through the decomposition of plant matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The field is part of the Loran-Manatee offshore gas accumulation and straddles the maritime boundary between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Investing, by comparison, offers a much better shot at long-term wealth accumulation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The distance wasn't so bad, it's just the accumulation of it every day especially in this heat.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
But only careful accumulation and assessment of the evidence can tell us whether a given world is inhabited.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“No, but I’m very excited because it’s kind of a way for me to perhaps move my accumulations into the world at large,” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
As the Eaton and Palisades fires roared across the Altadena area and the coastal Santa Monica Mountains in January 2025, the flames were fueled in part by accumulations of bone-dry chaparral, brush and other vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
In a study published in Nature Communications, the researchers found that tubulin, a protein that serves as the building block of microtubules, may help prevent these toxic accumulations.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
There is also a wider yellow warning across the rest of eastern Scotland where rainfall accumulations of 30-60mm will be seen widely.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
Gone the ink marks from legs and face, all my creations and accumulations of the day gone, and replaced by goose pimples.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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