conglomerative

as in cumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things the overabundance of historical detail has the conglomerative effect of overwhelming and boring the reader

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cumulative
Adjective
  • The cumulative toll is staggering.
    , FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The cumulative net losses to public biotech companies’ bottom lines piled up to more than $40 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2004.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Conglomerative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerative. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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