as in accumulating
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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Recent Examples of accruing
Since launching in 2012, Candy Crush Saga has remained one of the most popular games on mobile devices, accruing millions of daily players.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
For decades, conservation organizations have been working to restore oyster populations in the bay, accruing data along the way to learn from successes and failures.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Scary Movie 3 is the second highest-grossing installment, accruing more than $220 million worldwide.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Interest also starts accruing from the original April filing deadline, not from October.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
For many borrowers, the Biden-era pauses on federal student-loan payments have ended, and interest is once again accruing.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Oracle's economics are largely fixed and contracted, with the upside accruing to OpenAI.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Still, given that the video has only been online for one day, and is likely to remain a topic of national discourse for some time, the video will continue accruing viewership, and has certainly outpaced recent monologues by a large factor.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
But this would be a worthy sacrifice for New Orleans, whose primary objective this season seems to be the development of its young talent and accruing draft picks.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
For decades, conservation organizations have been working to restore oyster populations in the bay, accruing data along the way to learn from successes and failures.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Scary Movie 3 is the second highest-grossing installment, accruing more than $220 million worldwide.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Interest also starts accruing from the original April filing deadline, not from October.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
For many borrowers, the Biden-era pauses on federal student-loan payments have ended, and interest is once again accruing.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Oracle's economics are largely fixed and contracted, with the upside accruing to OpenAI.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Still, given that the video has only been online for one day, and is likely to remain a topic of national discourse for some time, the video will continue accruing viewership, and has certainly outpaced recent monologues by a large factor.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
But this would be a worthy sacrifice for New Orleans, whose primary objective this season seems to be the development of its young talent and accruing draft picks.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accruing
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The colder conditions will raise the potential for accumulating snow across parts of the Midwest and the Appalachians, including areas farther south and at lower elevations than usual, AccuWeather said.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Detroit could also see accumulating snowfall from Sunday morning into midday, possibly affecting busy urban and highway traffic routes.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Schwanz pointed out how the work goes back to breeding resilience—not just breeding crops that can do more with less or maximizing yield—but true resilience for everyone.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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This approach can reduce the overhead coordination of traditional innovation processes while maximizing the probability of generating top-tier ideas from the start.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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The United States and France first warned more than a decade ago that Russian satellites appeared to be spying and collecting information on their assets, including on commercially run satellites.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Those instruments stayed grounded during Melissa, while other instruments and drones collecting forecast information were deployed.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Accruing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accruing. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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