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
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Over that same period, the cumulative inflation rate has increased by approximately 40 percent.—
Patrice McCarthy,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026 -
With 175,342 admissions over the three-day period, the film’s cumulative attendance reached 16,397,364.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Conglomerative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerative. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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