as in cumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
the story of his encounter with the bear was awash with accretive exaggeration, the bear becoming larger with each retelling of the tale
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Recent Examples of accretive
At the same time, management recognized that specific assets, including major smelter restarts, will impact near-term earnings before becoming accretive later in the cycle.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The combined company, which will be headquartered in Las Vegas, is expected to generate $140 million in annual synergies by the third year after closing, and the transaction will be accretive to earnings per share in the first year.
—Ruchika Khanna, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Instead, Google is showing that AI can be accretive, even allowing the company to charge advertisers more on the ground that clicks tied to tools like AI Overview reflect a high search intent.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Netflix also expects to save $2-3 billion per year by the deal's third year and expects the transaction to be accretive to GAAP earnings per share by year two.
—Nina Tran, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The combined company, which will be headquartered in Las Vegas, is expected to generate $140 million in annual synergies by the third year after closing, and the transaction will be accretive to earnings per share in the first year.
—Ruchika Khanna, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Instead, Google is showing that AI can be accretive, even allowing the company to charge advertisers more on the ground that clicks tied to tools like AI Overview reflect a high search intent.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Netflix also expects to save $2-3 billion per year by the deal's third year and expects the transaction to be accretive to GAAP earnings per share by year two.
—Nina Tran, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accretive
cumulative
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Meeting the continent’s growing demand for data center capacity could require as much as $20 billion in cumulative investment — and that’s before AI began accelerating the timeline.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
18 May 2026
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New data from Counterpoint Research shows the Galaxy S26 series recorded 15% higher cumulative sales in its first six weeks after launch compared with the Galaxy S25 at the same point last year.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Accretive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accretive. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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