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accreted

verb

past tense of accrete
as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time

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Recent Examples of accreted The pieces have accreted over time, gobbled up from years and years of StackExchange posts and Reddit threads. — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026 This theoretical limit concerns how much matter can be accreted to a compact body like a neutron star or black hole. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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accumulated
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  • The system is a maze in which laws collide with gray areas, where layers upon layers of policy have accumulated over decades in a pile waiting for reform that has never come.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Its fleet includes the MANTAS X-Class and Devil Ray Expeditionary Class platforms, which MARTAC says have accumulated thousands of operating hours across a range of conditions.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
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“Accreted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accreted. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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