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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These actions only exacerbate the cumulative effect of decades of inequitable policies related to the education of African American students. —Raymond Pierce, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

The cumulative effect of rising costs, high sticker prices and increasing financial discount rates forecasts a deepening financial crisis on every level, with impacts determined in part by wealth, location, academic program and size. —Brian Mitchell, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024

Based on the number of vents that show up in seismic data on both sides of the North Atlantic, Berndt estimates that there were thousands of them erupting at the start of the PETM, so their cumulative effect on the climate would have been enormous. —Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023

Each increase by itself does not amount to much, but the cumulative effect is to add to the unaffordability of the region. —Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024

The cumulative effect of retailers deploying AI at scale to nudge, sway, and even manipulate consumer shopping decisions raises ethical questions about transparency and consent. —Elijah Clark, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the Fed has made substantial progress in the inflation fight through the cumulative effect of 11 rate increases since early 2022. —Bob Fernandez, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023

Nord says that the Danish team’s biological explanation nicely complements the psychological theory that augmenting positive emotions has a cumulative effect on mood. —WIRED, 26 Oct. 2023

But the cumulative effect is nothing short of astonishing. —Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023