as in cumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
the story of his encounter with the bear was awash with accretive exaggeration, the bear becoming larger with each retelling of the tale
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Recent Examples of accretive
Instead, Google is showing that AI can be accretive, even allowing the company to charge advertisers more on the ground that clicks tied to tools like AI Overview reflect a high search intent.
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Netflix also expects to save $2-3 billion per year by the deal's third year and expects the transaction to be accretive to GAAP earnings per share by year two.
—Nina Tran, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
Madden’s management had expected Geiger to be immediately accretive to earnings per share (EPS), initially in the range of 10 cents in 2025.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
But is anyone really listening or saying anything accretive?
—Bill Flederbach, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Netflix also expects to save $2-3 billion per year by the deal's third year and expects the transaction to be accretive to GAAP earnings per share by year two.
—Nina Tran, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
Madden’s management had expected Geiger to be immediately accretive to earnings per share (EPS), initially in the range of 10 cents in 2025.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
But is anyone really listening or saying anything accretive?
—Bill Flederbach, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accretive
cumulative
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From 2006 to 2025, the Kantar BrandZ Strong Brands Portfolio delivered 435% cumulative share price growth, compared to 353% for the S&P 500 and just 171% for the MSCI World Index.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since late 2020, Meta’s Reality Labs division has logged over $70 billion in cumulative losses.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Accretive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accretive. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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