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as in collection
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a vast accumulation of evidence about the dangers of smoking
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as in accumulating
the act or process of becoming greater in number
the accumulation of leaves on the ground is proceeding at a much faster rate than my raking
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Recent Examples of accumulation
Avoid the gradual accumulation of clutter in your home by developing awareness and establishing good habits.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Plus additional snow accumulations of around 2 to 4 inches—and up to 6 inches in extreme eastern mountain areas—are expected across the Big Hole Mountains, Centennial Mountains, Bear River Range, and Caribou Range until Monday afternoon, with winds as high as 40mph.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The map also includes tornado reports for the past week and recent rainfall accumulations.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
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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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Plus additional snow accumulations of around 2 to 4 inches—and up to 6 inches in extreme eastern mountain areas—are expected across the Big Hole Mountains, Centennial Mountains, Bear River Range, and Caribou Range until Monday afternoon, with winds as high as 40mph.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The map also includes tornado reports for the past week and recent rainfall accumulations.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulation
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Blind Spot is this remarkable collection of photographs, but each one is accompanied by a short textual piece.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The brand’s Bespoke collection—a line of jeans with superior stretch and shape retention—is now the number one female style at specialty retailers.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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Coaching successfully in such conditions requires a mixture of humility and self-confidence, as well as a certain cunning.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The mixture was especially stuck to the hair from his eyebrows, eyelashes and three-day-old stubble, making its removal a long and painful process that involved Lorne Michaels calling in a plastic surgeon pal.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Based on his wealth-to-spending math, Yaros estimated that stock market gains in the last 12 months from the tech sector alone will boost annual consumption by nearly $250 billion, which would account for more than 20% of the cumulative spending increase.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Electronics would have seen the biggest increase, with shoppers spending an extra $186 while clothing or accessories would have cost $82 more.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Its Keigan Genius Salon revived the intimate cross-disciplinary gatherings of 18th-century Europe — bringing together designers, artists and cultural figures to explore the intersection of fashion, architecture and art.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Rich hues of yellow, red, and orange mums dot our porches, and for social gatherings, our fall styles echo the staple colors of the season.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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There’s no one reason why band is such a big deal in Texas, but more of a cumulation between Friday night lights, funding from districts and having an active advocate for the arts in the Texas Music Educators Association.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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Could only participate, if surreptitiously, in this long-overdue cumulation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2025
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These tools use techniques from computer vision, advanced machine learning, and big data analytics to turn what once seemed like an impossible pile of information into a roadmap for action.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many of the town’s colorful homes, historical buildings and lush greenery have been reduced to piles of rubble that litter the now-muddy ground.—
Devon Sayers,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the contract didn’t define such activity or spell out what a large assemblage means.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Over several years, Spiro and his wife, Arabella, have worked with Parisian gallerist Lucas Ratton to build their African tribal-art assemblage.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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“Accumulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accumulation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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