as in to accumulate
to increase in amount as time passes
They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year. A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing.
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Recent Examples of accrue
Indeed, no player has made more passes, tackles, or accrued more minutes.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Che Diaz), others are flourishing; my favorite plot arc this season belongs to the elegant real-estate agent Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury), a character who began, perhaps, as a frisky Samantha stand-in, but who has since accrued her own emotional gravity.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
That’s according to new reporting from the Kaplan Group, which shows that shoppers are increasing their credit card use and accruing more debt in light of rising costs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 22 May 2025
The vast majority of that also accrued to one club.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Che Diaz), others are flourishing; my favorite plot arc this season belongs to the elegant real-estate agent Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury), a character who began, perhaps, as a frisky Samantha stand-in, but who has since accrued her own emotional gravity.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
That’s according to new reporting from the Kaplan Group, which shows that shoppers are increasing their credit card use and accruing more debt in light of rising costs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 22 May 2025
The vast majority of that also accrued to one club.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accrue
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Here’s my list of all seven major pathways getting us from contemporary AI to the treasured AGI: (1) Linear path (slow-and-steady): This AGI path captures the gradualist view, whereby AI advancement accumulates a step at a time via scaling, engineering, and iteration, ultimately arriving at AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Whenever a Blue Smiley fan or new listener used Spotify to stream the band’s music, both performance royalties and mechanical licensing royalties were being accumulated.—
Tyler Hicks,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Be sure to work with a qualified advisor familiar with 1033 exchanges and DST rules and regulations in order to maximize your disaster recovery.—
Fred Hubler,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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As a room with a lot of cabinetry (and therefore hardware), kitchens are an obvious option to maximize the trend.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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Notably, data for the studies discussed above were collected and analyzed prior to 2022, when the PACT Act was implemented and DEI initiatives were widely adopted across the VA system.—
Cristina Johnson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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Legislation would require litigants to post bonds before courts could enforce orders The provision would require judges to collect bonds from litigants challenging the government before blocking policies through injunctions or temporary restraining orders.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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“Accrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accrue. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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