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as in increases
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating
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as in collects
to bring together in one body or place
finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale
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as in gathers
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds accumulating on the western horizon
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Recent Examples of accumulates
Each piece, passed from one set of hands to another, accumulates both story and value.
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Maria Williams, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Avoid spots where water accumulates.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
And in most baseline agent configurations, that data accumulates.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Not the kind of dust that accumulates in the corners of rooms, but tiny golden particles that flow from the heavens towards earth.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Cha 1107-7626 is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust, which constantly falls onto the planet and accumulates during a process that astronomers call accretion.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Lead accumulates in our bones, brains, and other organs.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
This includes cleaning the glass oven door which accumulates buildup over time from splattered food.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Over decades, soil accumulates, and birds or small mammals drop off seeds.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
Maria Williams, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Avoid spots where water accumulates.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
And in most baseline agent configurations, that data accumulates.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Not the kind of dust that accumulates in the corners of rooms, but tiny golden particles that flow from the heavens towards earth.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Cha 1107-7626 is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust, which constantly falls onto the planet and accumulates during a process that astronomers call accretion.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Lead accumulates in our bones, brains, and other organs.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
This includes cleaning the glass oven door which accumulates buildup over time from splattered food.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Over decades, soil accumulates, and birds or small mammals drop off seeds.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulates
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The game works as a progressive jackpot in which the prize increases the more people play, and Cox hit it big.—
Irene Wright,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
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These farmers use a regenerative organic agriculture model that improves soil health, increases biodiversity, enhances water retention and improves the livelihoods of farming families.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the past year, Common Crawl’s CCBot has become the scraper most widely blocked by the top 1,000 websites, surpassing even OpenAI’s GPTBot, which collects content for ChatGPT.—
Alex Reisner,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Pipeline Project also collects product feedback from these junior athletes, which helps Atomic refine and improve its youth ski designs.—
Kimberly Beekman,
Outside,
4 Nov. 2025
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Yennefer stands among the ashes of Montecalvo, gathers what remains of a broken order, then walks into a storm to face the man who destroyed it.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The International Competition gathers total prize money of $300,000, to be split between Best Narrative (with a cash prize of US$75,000), Best Documentary (US$50,000), Best Artistic Achievement (US$45,000) and Best Performance (US$15,000) categories.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Crossing into New Mexico, the road rises into a ghost town dotted high desert.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The centerpiece is a custom Aegean blue kitchen, lacquered top to bottom with bronze accents and Calacatta marble countertops, connecting seamlessly to a family room with a hidden, James Bond–style TV that rises up out of a cabinet at the touch of a button.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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The country now assembles reactors in just five to six years, twice as fast as Western nations.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those inevitable challenges could influence how Vitello assembles his coaching staff in the coming days and weeks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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But for the forthcoming 18th volume, Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, which concentrates on Dylan’s earliest recordings during his folk period, the baton was passed to Wilentz.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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Supporters argue that downstate residents have been politically sidelined for decades — victims of a system that concentrates power and money in Chicago while rural communities struggle with job losses, rising taxes, and shrinking populations.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Over 98% of Grab’s engineers now use AI to code, which accelerates their development cycles.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even under a bullish scenario where the company accelerates to a 60% 4-year CAGR, the stock would need to trade at 27x CY28E revenue just to justify its current price.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Anne’s trip to the countryside opens up the series both physically and thematically by acknowledging that Irish life and history exist outside Dublin and that while the Guinness family amasses power and plays at politics, others are living a much different existence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Accumulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accumulates. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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