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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But prevention alone cannot offset the cumulative burden of chronic disease already embedded in the American population.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Your cumulative chance of inheriting money rises with every decade of life.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Conglomerative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerative. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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