as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
the cumulation of grime on the stove was really disgusting
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Recent Examples of cumulation
Being chosen as Young Miss was the cumulation of years of hard work for Carrie, the daughter of Chris and Taylor Vincent.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
There’s no one reason why band is such a big deal in Texas, but more of a cumulation between Friday night lights, funding from districts and having an active advocate for the arts in the Texas Music Educators Association.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Could only participate, if surreptitiously, in this long-overdue cumulation.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
There’s no one reason why band is such a big deal in Texas, but more of a cumulation between Friday night lights, funding from districts and having an active advocate for the arts in the Texas Music Educators Association.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Could only participate, if surreptitiously, in this long-overdue cumulation.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cumulation
Noun
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Shange’s rainbow assemblage manages to be confrontational and conciliatory through a confessional accumulation that collapses poetry, movement, and ritual into a single and ever-changing event.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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And one thing Deb, who spent decades prioritizing the accumulation of money over the refinement of her craft, has learned from collaborating with Ava is that, in the end, art matters more to her than business.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Multiple copies of Howl, Kaddish, and assembled collections of complete verse lined (and still line) my bookshelves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Local touches were everywhere, from an extensive collection of books ranging from South African chick-lit to memoirs of Nelson Mandela, Trevor Noah, and Siya Kolisi to a mini-bar stocked with gin, rum, and brandy made with Cape Fynbos plants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Packed with apples, chocolate-nougat candy bars, and a pudding mixture to bind it all together, this salad is actually a clever dessert in disguise.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2026
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Local models expand At Computex, the companies demonstrated a local chat interface running a mixture-of-experts model that would normally exceed the available system memory.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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“Cumulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumulation. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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