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cumulative

[kyoo-myuh-luh-tiv, -ley-tiv] / ˈkyu myə lə tɪv, -ˌleɪ tɪv /


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BloombergNEF says Fervo’s drilling costs per well have declined by about 29% with each doubling of cumulative wells drilled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Its open-source Qwen AI model family is popular among developers, surpassing one billion cumulative downloads since its initial launch in 2023.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Participants with higher cumulative intake of extra virgin olive oil had a lower risk of a broad cardiovascular outcome, while common olive oil showed weaker associations.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Semiconductors, meanwhile, with a 100.5 percentage-point cumulative two-year return, currently carry crash odds of 53% — essentially a coin flip.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

And then suddenly it was not outrage that I waited for, out of which I had instinctively cried; it was not terror: it was some cumulative over-reach of despair itself.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner




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