as in cumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
the accumulative effect of all her worries was to seriously undermine her health
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Recent Examples of accumulative
Overall, the accumulative impact of cost pressures represents a 20% to 25% increase over the agency’s current long-range financial plan.
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Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
The accumulative effects of a whole comprised of many different foods with artificial dyes, consumed over a lifetime, is even harder to assess.
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Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2025
The heat is accumulative but not terribly aggressive in spice, and the bits of water chestnut offer freshness and crunch.
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Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Rather than aiming for novel breakthroughs, Chinese companies excel at incremental improvements – and this results in an accumulative transforming effect.
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Yu Zhou,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
The accumulative effects of a whole comprised of many different foods with artificial dyes, consumed over a lifetime, is even harder to assess.
—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2025
The heat is accumulative but not terribly aggressive in spice, and the bits of water chestnut offer freshness and crunch.
—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Rather than aiming for novel breakthroughs, Chinese companies excel at incremental improvements – and this results in an accumulative transforming effect.
—
Yu Zhou,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for accumulative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulative
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The World Health Organization projects that uncontrolled resistance could impose more than one trillion dollars in cumulative healthcare costs by 2050 — a burden falling on systems already stretched to capacity.
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Hair follicle health was checked using the Trichogram test and the FotoFinder system, which tracks hair density, follicular unit count and cumulative hair thickness.
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“Accumulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accumulative. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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