accumulate
Example Sentences
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Over the following weeks, they made a number of visits to the casino - reportedly the Crown on Sydney's waterfront - and accumulated winnings totalling A$1,179,412.50.
From BBC
When these deep waters rise again, they deliver this accumulated acidity back to the surface, where the water interacts with atmospheric CO2 and becomes even more acidic.
From Science Daily
"This may be achieved once more data is accumulated, and if so, it would provide even stronger evidence that the gamma rays originate from dark matter," said Totani.
From Science Daily
Kenya -- one of east Africa's largest economies -- has accumulated more than $92.4 billion in debt, roughly 67 percent of its gross domestic product.
From Barron's
He doesn’t actually understand the corporate world but treats it like a game, filling out forms, writing anodyne requests to lawyers and other middlemen, steadily accumulating positions in public companies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.