ACCRUED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of accrued

as in amassed

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verb

past tense of accrue

as in accumulated

to increase in amount as time passes They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year. A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing.

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The complaint claims that workers immediately lost their jobs, benefits, and access to company systems at that time, and were owed accrued vacation and sick pay. — Abc News, ABC News, 14 May 2026 The package also includes accrued benefits like retirement, pension or healthcare. — Rhyma Castillo, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2026

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The trust accrued slowly, in small concessions that ran both directions. — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The total comprises the $5 million in damages awarded in the jury's May 2023 verdict, plus post-judgment interest that accrued in the subsequent three years. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for accrued

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The data is based on aggregated card and digital tip transactions from restaurants on the Toast platform, which has about 171,000 locations in the United States.

— Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 24 June 2026
The agreement calls for the sharing of aggregated data with all personally identifiable information removed.

— Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026

Definition of aggregated

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After creating videos, some of which have accumulated millions of views across platforms, Badger earned representation from Digital Brand Architects, or DBA, a creator-management company, which was acquired by United Talent Agency.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
By the time crews arrived at the scene, somewhere between 3 and 4 feet of water and mud had accumulated in the theater, engulfing all of the ground floor seats and rising to the height of the elevated stage.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Definition of accumulated

Adjective

The Caribbean-facing region of Quintana Roo has some of Mexico's busiest and most built-up beachfronts, but visitors looking for a more serene escape will love still-secret destinations like Mahahual.

— Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
While the Classic looks a little more built-up, and has what may be a larger, physical rotating bezel, both watches have what’s known in some circles as a squircle design.

— Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

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Closer Aroldis Chapman collected seven saves in the 15-game stretch.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Unlike LLMs like ChatGPT, which can parse the virtually boundless internet, robots need manipulation data collected in the real physical world, which is costly and difficult to scale.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026

Definition of collected

Verb

LeBron maximized his profit while minimizing previous priorities.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 July 2026
The Caribbean economies depended on slave labor, trade and supplies from around the world to make sure the sugar flowed freely and tax revenues to European colonial powers were maximized.

— R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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