1
as in increased
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating
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as in collected
to bring together in one body or place
finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale
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as in amassed
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds accumulating on the western horizon
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Recent Examples of accumulated
The compounding effects of high fuel costs along with the debt that helped finance the purchase and the upgrades to the planes accumulated quickly.
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Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Once those inflated bills went unpaid, interest, penalties and fees accumulated, often ending in tax foreclosure.
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Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
Growth funds accumulated Nvidia shares, passive funds bought more as Nvidia’s market value increased, analysts repeatedly raised their targets, and Jensen Huang became one of the most visible executives in the world.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
By March 2025, Yeung had accumulated more than $200,000 in savings and felt ready to leave software engineering.
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Mike Winters,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
For example, older homeowners who purchased their properties years ago may have accumulated significant equity through a combination of mortgage payments and rising home values, giving them access to larger borrowing amounts.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Yet some of the world’s most significant scientific and medical sites have accumulated ghost stories, conspiracy theories, and paranormal legends of their own.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Nivola, 53, has accumulated the career that working actors recognize as enviable and that the wider awards apparatus has historically overlooked.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 June 2026
That leaves eight open slots that will be filled by the teams that have accumulated the most points.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Once those inflated bills went unpaid, interest, penalties and fees accumulated, often ending in tax foreclosure.
—
Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
Growth funds accumulated Nvidia shares, passive funds bought more as Nvidia’s market value increased, analysts repeatedly raised their targets, and Jensen Huang became one of the most visible executives in the world.
—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
By March 2025, Yeung had accumulated more than $200,000 in savings and felt ready to leave software engineering.
—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
For example, older homeowners who purchased their properties years ago may have accumulated significant equity through a combination of mortgage payments and rising home values, giving them access to larger borrowing amounts.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Yet some of the world’s most significant scientific and medical sites have accumulated ghost stories, conspiracy theories, and paranormal legends of their own.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Nivola, 53, has accumulated the career that working actors recognize as enviable and that the wider awards apparatus has historically overlooked.
—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 June 2026
That leaves eight open slots that will be filled by the teams that have accumulated the most points.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulated
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Through 2025, the application backlog increased, leaving it 48% higher than at the end of former President Joe Biden’s term.
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The bank said last week's hawkish Federal Open Market Committee meeting has increased uncertainty over the outlook for short-term interest rates, even as lower oil prices have eased concerns about an economic downturn.
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Fees for the strait would be collected in consultation with the international community and through the International Maritime Organization, the official said.
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Shell has consistently been a close second to Chevron for high prices and fat margins, followed by the other large oil company brands, according to data collected and analyzed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA).
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Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
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The Italian jockey, who famously went through the card with seven winners in seven races at Ascot in September 1996, has amassed more than 3,350 victories in his career, mostly in England.
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Video shows how chase led to deadly crash Instead of stopping, the purple car accelerated and sped through a red light, according to video from Joel’s dashboard camera.
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One of the officials told CNN that the Justice Department’s National Security Division was already preparing to look at some of the stories’ sources, but Trump’s stack accelerated the effort.
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When compute, storage, and networking are designed, validated, and delivered as one system rather than assembled from parts that were never built to work together, the entire stack reaches production on a single timeline.
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Many of the drones can be assembled domestically, but Hezbollah is reliant on components from abroad.
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Dirt dike riders surround Baltimore police Police said large groups of dirt bike riders traveled through city parks in North and South Baltimore and gathered near Druid Hill Park.
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On June 13, hundreds of true believers gathered at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California dressed in colorful, reflective, space-age outfits to watch a film and celebrate the existence of aliens.
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Revenue at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, rose to $77 million from roughly $50 million in 2024, the filing shows.
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But under the new system, average premiums rose — pushing more people to drop coverage.
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Historians are in broad agreement that this year’s celebration has garnered far less attention than the bicentennial, marked in 1976, which generated blanket media coverage and widespread national excitement.
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The previous version of the bill had garnered strong bipartisan support in the 80-person Assembly, passing out of the chamber with 76 votes in favor of it.
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