as in accumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
a cumulative weight gain of 20 pounds over the course of a year
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Recent Examples of cumulative
At the end of 2025, Sacramento was almost 30% of the way toward its cumulative goal, with three and a half years left in the eight-year plan.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
Jones, while less popular, has released songs with millions of plays and has roughly 50,000 cumulative followers between his Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube accounts.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Change a single assumption about how quickly AI chips become obsolete, and cumulative spending swings by hundreds of billions of dollars.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Ingram mayor Incumbent Ingram mayor Claud Jordan won another term as the town’s mayor by five votes, 75-70, according to unofficial, cumulative results.
—Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2026
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
Jones, while less popular, has released songs with millions of plays and has roughly 50,000 cumulative followers between his Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube accounts.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Change a single assumption about how quickly AI chips become obsolete, and cumulative spending swings by hundreds of billions of dollars.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Ingram mayor Incumbent Ingram mayor Claud Jordan won another term as the town’s mayor by five votes, 75-70, according to unofficial, cumulative results.
—Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cumulative
Adjective
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The accumulative stress in that area.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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Szalay is an accumulative writer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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To address the issue, the team created an additive design strategy based on hard-soft acid-base (HSAB) theory, which predicts how acids and bases interact.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Maxine used both additive and subtractive painting processes to build textured canvases.—
Emma Allen,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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And international titles delivered 13 percent of ticket receipts during the first quarter as Cineplex continues to lean on foreign films and higher ticket prices for premium screen formats to drive incremental revenues.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Instead, Newsom championed the incremental expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s healthcare program for the poor, a goal that seemingly was met in 2022 when coverage was expanded to all adult undocumented immigrants, to take effect in 2024.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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These reactions form unstable layers and consume the electrolyte, which leads to the gradual degradation of the battery cell materials over time.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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In the sport channel, Smith remained solid while Blenders’ performance improved, thanks to the ongoing development of its wholesale business and a gradual recovery in its direct‐to‐consumer channel.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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“Cumulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumulative. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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