1
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
The new set marks his forty-sixth appearance on the tally, which is one of the most impressive accumulations among any rocker still charting today.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
But taking one step back shows just how meaningful that accumulation of quality baseball players has propelled the Mets to the best record in baseball, one month into the season, Sunday’s unpleasantness aside.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Sleeping with your upper body raised may help reduce the accumulation of fluid and inflammation in the lungs.910
Pulmonary edema: Fluid accumulation in the lungs can result from infections, trauma, lung disease, or heart disease.
—Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 26 Apr. 2025
The real project was always us: the work of understanding, and not the accumulation of facts.
—D. Graham Burnett, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
But taking one step back shows just how meaningful that accumulation of quality baseball players has propelled the Mets to the best record in baseball, one month into the season, Sunday’s unpleasantness aside.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Sleeping with your upper body raised may help reduce the accumulation of fluid and inflammation in the lungs.910
Pulmonary edema: Fluid accumulation in the lungs can result from infections, trauma, lung disease, or heart disease.
—Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 26 Apr. 2025
The real project was always us: the work of understanding, and not the accumulation of facts.
—D. Graham Burnett, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulation
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So now that most of his rookie cards from popular sets are released, what are the best options to start a Daniels collection?—
Tyler Holzhammer,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The Costume Institute Benefit, commonly known as Met Gala, is a fundraiser for the museum's Costume Institute, which hosts a collection of over 33,000 fashion artifacts.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Russell came up with a paint mixture that delivered a glaze-like sheen, making the paintings otherworldly.—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Swift herself received a version of the same mixture when she was shown on the Jumbotron.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2025
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At the three-month mark, my skin visibly looked more glowy, likely thanks to the increase of collagen production.—
Perrie Samotin,
Glamour,
3 May 2025
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That's still an increase of $2 million over recent years.—
Javier Zarracina,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Warren Buffett's life in pictures 1 of 43 Buffett discusses Berkshire’s cash pile Buffett addressed Berkshire sitting on hoards of cash.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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There was a two-and-a-half-hour wait in the sports hall for a nervous Campbell to be declared winner but observers of the count, held on a series of long tables by council staff and volunteers, had seen one pile of forms growing higher than the others.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Spanning nearly two decades of work, the exhibition, currently on view at The Whitney Museum of American Art is an assemblage of close to 50 portraits that reimagine the American realist tradition by centering Black subjects in moments of stillness, style, and sovereign presence.—
Najha Zigbi-Johnson,
Essence,
30 Apr. 2025
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The holiday household is rounded out by a fractious assemblage of relatives, employees, and lovers played by great actors like Clarke Peters, Jack Farthing, and Anjana Vasan.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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The two populations found here would be separated by the gap between the largest planets that failed to start a runaway gas accretion, and those that did begin the process and grew into gas giants.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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Sebastiano Cantalupo, co-author of the study, suggests Big Wheel may have benefited from efficient gas accretion, which carried the coherent angular momentum necessary for the formation of large disks.—
Larissa G. Capella,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The official said he was not involved in the intelligence gathering.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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McCabe had attended a social gathering at a bar the night before O'Keefe was found with him, Read and others.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Accumulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accumulation. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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