cumulative effect
noun
: an effect produced by something happening over a long period of time
the cumulative effect(s) of smoking on the body
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The cumulative effect of regressing academically every summer means kids are starting off every school year in a deficit, as previously mentioned.
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Sherri Gordon, Parents, 25 June 2025
Economists initially chalked this up to election-year uncertainty, ongoing adjustments to over-hiring, the cumulative effect of fast-rising prices and the sheer weight of interest rates being at a 23-year high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
But although price increases have slowed, the cumulative effect of the past few years has eroded many Americans’ spending power.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
The cumulative effect is of praising something distant, as if the true show’s subject is only worshipped but not understood.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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Sherri Gordon, Parents, 25 June 2025
Economists initially chalked this up to election-year uncertainty, ongoing adjustments to over-hiring, the cumulative effect of fast-rising prices and the sheer weight of interest rates being at a 23-year high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
But although price increases have slowed, the cumulative effect of the past few years has eroded many Americans’ spending power.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
The cumulative effect is of praising something distant, as if the true show’s subject is only worshipped but not understood.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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“Cumulative effect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumulative%20effect. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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