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
The company also announced plans to generate $3 billion in cumulative cost savings through fiscal year 2030.
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Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Annual cumulative acre totals are derived from weekly situation reports published by the National Interagency Fire Center.
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Matt Stiles,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Zero-emissions heavy truck adoption reached 4 percent in the second half of 2025, with a cumulative total by December last year of 72,308 nationwide.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
The company previously required about a year to increase cumulative production from 1,000 to 5,000 robots.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cumulative
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Annual cumulative acre totals are derived from weekly situation reports published by the National Interagency Fire Center.
—
Matt Stiles,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Zero-emissions heavy truck adoption reached 4 percent in the second half of 2025, with a cumulative total by December last year of 72,308 nationwide.
—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
The company previously required about a year to increase cumulative production from 1,000 to 5,000 robots.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cumulative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cumulative
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The choice of Miami Beach as the festival’s long-term home is less accidental than accumulative.
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According to a new paper, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, accumulative stresses in the Earth’s crust in California are higher today than at any point over the last 1,000 years, raising concerns over the potential for a massive rupture in the Los Angeles region.
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The first is convergence, where combining technologies produces exponential rather than additive results.
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In effect, the gains were additive, and doing both was best.
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The fact that incremental capital expenditures to integrate their robots is minimal is also attractive.
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Any work the two companies do together might be incremental to start off with, according to analysts.
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The deal focused overwhelmingly on constraining Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for gradual sanctions relief.
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The developments mark the latest in a series of back-and-forth strikes centered around the strait, casting uncertainty over the US-Iran agreement signed earlier this month which stipulates the gradual restoration of normal marine traffic.
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“Cumulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumulative. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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