as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace
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Plastic accumulates in our oceans and on our beaches, killing seabirds, sea turtles and other marine mammals.—
Kelley Dennings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026 -
But as an artist accumulates experiences, the attentive listener starts to carry that baggage with them, particularly as artists spend more and more time selling the self than the art.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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“Piles (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piles%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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