accretive

as in cumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things the story of his encounter with the bear was awash with accretive exaggeration, the bear becoming larger with each retelling of the tale

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“Accretive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accretive. Accessed 3 May. 2024.

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