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accretive, accumulative, conglomerative, cumulative, incremental
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certain drugs have additive effects when taken in conjunction with each other that one doesn't see when any one is used aloneNoun
a gasoline additive to reduce pollutionRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Perhaps the bass guitar throbs from your right side, the synth from the left, and the kick drum is an additive force on both sides. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "Razer HyperSense's vision for haptic-filled PC gaming shakes up the future of peripherals," 10 Jan. 2019 Some of these offices are additive in existing locations. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "Apple will spend $1 billion and hire up to 15,000 people for new Austin office," 13 Dec. 2018 As for consumers who still subscribe to traditional cable and for whom these streaming services are just additive, there are no ifs, ands, or buts about it: the monthly fees are mounting. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "HBO, CNN, DC Comics, and more could join a streaming video service under AT&T," 10 Oct. 2018 For two reasons: first, many companies are slow to adopt additive due to resistance from veteran engineers and designers who don’t want to learn a new manufacturing approach all over again. — Pam Baker, Ars Technica, "Artificial Intelligence and the coming of the self-designing machine," 6 Dec. 2018 The excitement of the Menil has always been the contrast between its contemplative interiors and its additive plan. — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, "A museum grows in Houston," 1 Nov. 2018 The rest is an additive effect provided by the expansion of happy little plants. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "Carpeting Sahara with wind and solar farms could make it rain," 8 Sep. 2018 But each one is still additive to the overall picture. — Nicholas Thompson, WIRED, "How Facebook Wants to Improve the Quality of Your News Feed," 23 May 2018 Ketamine augments the brain's ability to change, which could explain why talk therapy might be additive. — Moises Velasquez-manoff, WIRED, "Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug," 8 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Armed with that knowledge, the researchers were able to develop a collection of additives that could work to prevent these explosions from happening, making concrete safer when heated up. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Watch Concrete Blow Up When Heated (and See Why It Happens)," 6 May 2019 That became a model for other big food companies that have since remade products across the supermarket to include fewer artificial additives and more natural ingredients. ... — Heather Haddon, WSJ, "Yogurt Sales Sour as Options Proliferate," 9 Apr. 2019 But that's offset with additives like nourishing kale and winter cherry, skin-strengthening peptides, and marula and jojoba oils to help prevent any peeling that comes from retinol. — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, "Drunk Elephant's Vegan Retinol Doesn't Irritate My Sensitive Skin," 26 Dec. 2018 The remainder is carbon—a small additive that makes a major difference in the metal’s properties. — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, "The Entire History of Steel," 9 July 2018 Some of these additives may contain potentially toxic substances. — National Geographic, "Plastics Explained, From A to Z," 16 May 2018 For the sensitive, some additives—like sulfites—can trigger attacks. — Brad Rickman, Condé Nast Traveler, "Traveling With Asthma," 17 Apr. 2018 More recently, 52 people were sickened when around 7 tons of the common chemical additive C9 leaked while workers were loading barrels onto a ship in Fujian province on Nov. 4. — Christopher Bodeen, The Seattle Times, "22 dead in blast outside northern China chemical plant," 28 Nov. 2018 It is registered in Hong Kong and also produces food additives. — NBC News, "U.S. puts sanctions on Chinese man accused of trafficking in fentanyl," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'additive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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