accumulations

plural of accumulation

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Recent Examples of accumulations Most of the region received 1-3 inches in the past 24 hours, but accumulations between 5-7 inches in Lewisville and the western portions of Fort Worth were recorded in the past 24 hours. Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 July 2026 As the Eaton and Palisades fires roared across the Altadena area and the coastal Santa Monica Mountains in January 2025, the flames were fueled in part by accumulations of bone-dry chaparral, brush and other vegetation. Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 The snowpacks that feed the river hit their lowest level on record this year, with snow accumulations in Colorado’s high country peaking a month early in March and containing just half the average moisture. The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 June 2026 In this case, that would take 16 multiplication operations and 16 additions (or four accumulations). Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026 The map also includes tornado reports for the past week and recent rainfall accumulations. Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2026 Total rainfall accumulations from Thursday through Monday could approach 3 to 4 inches across the region, which could lead to some flooding concerns, the weather service said. Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026 The Sierra snowpack started off with some decent rounds of storms going into the winter, between late December and early January, and during a mid-February cold storm that boosted accumulations. Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Total snow accumulations 3 to 5 inches above 7,000 feet, with 12 to 18 inches possible at the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada. Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulations
Noun
  • The upward trend is largely due to a resumption in more normal tax collections following a temporary suspension of enforcement activity during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to tax experts and IRS officials.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • The 2026 tournament has instituted significant ticket price increases, and overall growth in media rights and sponsorship fees may push the tournament’s revenues close to $700 million this year.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Consider the case of Wells Fargo , a stock with a price-to-earnings ratio of 12 that had a quarter that was roundly disliked by the analyst community, despite some perfunctory price target increases.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • According to the press statement, the project is anchored by over 400,000 structural steel piles manufactured by PACO Steel, using 142,000 tons of steel coils from US Steel’s nearby Big River facility.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
  • On the night before a big operation, Uncle Rich reminisces with the crew about his first and only incarceration years earlier, for stealing piles of newspapers.
    David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • New methods for testing chemical mixtures Thousands of chemicals are used in commerce and released into the environment.
    Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • More recently, drones have been used to drop incendiary mixtures that ignite apartment buildings and residential blocks.
    David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • With oxalate dating, the team measured the age of oxalate mineral accretions above and below the paint.
    Julian Dossett, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • There are sketchbooks still to fill, assemblages missing one last red bottle, and a studio full of objects that have yet to be turned from one thing into another.
    Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Who could forget the countless iterations of her squad, after all, the varied assemblages of laughing friends, mostly women, featuring in Swift’s Fourth of July carousels and birthday tributes and more through the years?
    Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • There is an exemption to the gift rules that allows free entry to gatherings that are widely attended and paid for by third parties, but only if certain conditions are met.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • Use music intentionally for transitions, gatherings and shared rituals.
    Bija Bennett, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

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