as in accumulation
the act or process of becoming greater in number
the accumulating of newspapers in the basement over the years is really getting out of hand
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as in increasing
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 collecting
to bring together in one body or place
finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale
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as in amassing
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds accumulating on the western horizon
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Recent Examples of accumulating
Alex Ohnona, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
How Often to Clean Your Range Hood Cleaning your range hood once a month prevents grease from accumulating.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
Faced with increasingly violent expressions of social and economic tensions at home and accumulating threats abroad, the Duke vowed to step in should his countrymen demand it.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Scientists continued the effort, eventually accumulating data from upward of 7,000 healthy individuals.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Outer lanes are more prone to accumulating water.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Outer lanes are more prone to accumulating water.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Before this tournament, Vacherot had only won once on the ATP Tour, accumulating $594,077 in prize money throughout his entire career.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The wandering world is accumulating enormous amounts of gas and dust from its surrounding space.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
By accumulating additional passports, families can maintain their lives in America while securing a Plan B in their back pocket.
—Alex Ohnona, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
How Often to Clean Your Range Hood Cleaning your range hood once a month prevents grease from accumulating.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
Faced with increasingly violent expressions of social and economic tensions at home and accumulating threats abroad, the Duke vowed to step in should his countrymen demand it.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Scientists continued the effort, eventually accumulating data from upward of 7,000 healthy individuals.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Outer lanes are more prone to accumulating water.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Outer lanes are more prone to accumulating water.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Before this tournament, Vacherot had only won once on the ATP Tour, accumulating $594,077 in prize money throughout his entire career.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The wandering world is accumulating enormous amounts of gas and dust from its surrounding space.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulating
Noun
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Snow accumulation should approach 2 feet near Crater Lake!—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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By engineering support layer architecture, thin-film nanocomposite membranes counteract internal concentration polarization and salt accumulation within the membrane’s porous structure, reducing the driving force for water flow.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The organization’s Green Heart Project, which studies the impact of better air quality on heart disease through urban greening, has found that increasing the number of trees and shrubs in an area can create lower levels of a blood marker associated with inflammation.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Coffee prices have been increasing sharply since the start of this year.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The farmer, his son and grandson were still collecting mink, with more than a dozen live traps deployed and checked routinely, Hobbs said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Facebook posts have been circulating about collecting donations for the affected seniors.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After amassing a worldwide box office of more than $631 million, the super family returned to the big screen 14 years later in The Incredibles 2.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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But, again, the hard-to-predict Panthers pounced on Fields and Taylor, amassing six sacks on 13 drives.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Oct. 2025
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For some animals, increases in carbs could cause acidosis and be fatal.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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Managing this amount of data is extremely difficult and requires massive amounts of computing power, but the information is becoming more accurate every day as the number of sightings increase.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Wealthier Americans have been assisted by rising house values, lucrative stock market returns and favorable credit, while lower- and middle-income buyers have faced tighter budgets and have been hit hard by rising inflation.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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With rising tuition, heavy student debt, and a shaky job market, more young workers are rethinking the four-year degree and turning to faster and cheaper routes to a steady career.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Music reality series focused on assembling a group have been around for years.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
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Coaching the Crew The crew — including two backup crew members, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Gibbons — have been just as busy as the people assembling their spacecraft.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Following the revelation by his mother that Louis was avidly gathering conkers as a favorite autumn activity, the World Conker Championships extended an offer for the prince to become the event's honorary patron.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Initiative petitions must survive an expensive and time-consuming signature-gathering process to qualify for the statewide ballot.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Accumulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accumulating. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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