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During sleep, brain cells produce bursts of electrical pulses that cumulate into rhythmic waves -- a sign of heightened brain cell function.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2024

Peters, B. J., Day, J. M. D. & Taylor, L. A. Early mantle heterogeneities in the Réunion hotspot source inferred from highly siderophile elements in cumulate xenoliths.

From Nature ● Feb. 27, 2018

Sir Charles labored only to heap up the evidences of evolution; to cumulate them till the mass became irresistible.

From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

In like manner it is held that within the mind processes cumulate and rise to a certain height before they cross the threshold of consciousness.

From The Nature of Goodness by George Herbert Palmer

This road passes through the central zone of the State, and, with its briearian arms, must cumulate untold wealth and power, only to be emptied into this "lap of empire."

From Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. by Ledyard Bill

“This creates a compounding effect where the final price of a good reflects not just the direct increase in the local energy price but the cumulated effects of price increases across international suppliers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

It now sees the cumulated free cash flow over the 2021-2023 period at around 3.5 billion euros from around 4.0 billion euros previously.

From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021

Germany, with more than 300,000 cumulated applications, and Sweden, with 100,000, are the E.U.’s top receiving countries.

From Time ● Aug. 23, 2016

With her dusty scrolls, Clio is not just the muse of history, but an emblem of the cumulated wisdom of the ages.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2010

It is simply the latest price per share multiplied by the total number of outstanding shares, cumulated over all companies listed on the particular exchange.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The trust funds were a way of cumulating workers’ aggregate tax payments to ensure an equal sum would be paid out again, in aggregate, at some point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

The longer the race, the more crucial it is to be conservative with pacing, since fatigue in longer races reflects slowly cumulating processes, such as glycogen depletion and tissue damage.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2015

I under-estimated the effect of the cumulating attacks.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

We were now only nineteen miles from Jacksboro, in the valley of the Clinch, but the distance was multiplied by the cumulating difficulties of the way.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox

Practice indicates that they should be spaced no farther apart than the effective depth of the member, and spaced closer or made heavier toward the ends, in order to keep pace with cumulating shear.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey