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accumulative

[uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv] / əˈkyu myəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
increasing by additions
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As for questions about her age, she said, "I have accumulative youth."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

"Additionally, our study revealed that multiyear La Niña are distinguished from single-year La Niña by a conspicuous onset rate, which foretells its accumulative intensity and climate impacts."

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

“This one is a longer-lasting heat wave, which brings accumulative effects of not cooling down at night and particularly harming the homeless population.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2022

"It also comes from the accumulative impact of almost two years of a pandemic and having to catch up with a significant backlog."

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2022

The accumulative grimness of her countenance became something startling.

From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley




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