accumulate
verb
ac·cu·mu·late
ə-ˈkyü-m(y)ə-ˌlāt 
accumulated; accumulating
: to gather or pile up especially little by little : amass
accumulate a fortune
: to increase gradually in quantity or number
snow accumulating to a depth of several feet
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Examples of accumulate in a Sentence
Evidence of his guilt is accumulating.
the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating
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In Mercer, Summers, and Western Greenbrier counties in West Virginia, a warning is in effect until 7 p.m. EST Saturday, with between 5 and 7 inches of snow expected, and in northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia, up to 6 inches of snow is forecast to accumulate.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Temperatures in the Fort Worth area remain around freezing, and the precipitation could cause a small amount of additional ice to accumulate bridges and overpasses.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
The wave of prions slowly accumulates, spreading through the spleen and the lymph nodes and through the peripheral nervous system into the central nervous system.
—Sophie Hartley, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2025
No other team in England’s top four leagues accumulated more goals and last season, going up from the Championship, there were 92 more, the highest in their division again.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Temperatures in the Fort Worth area remain around freezing, and the precipitation could cause a small amount of additional ice to accumulate bridges and overpasses.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
The wave of prions slowly accumulates, spreading through the spleen and the lymph nodes and through the peripheral nervous system into the central nervous system.
—Sophie Hartley, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2025
No other team in England’s top four leagues accumulated more goals and last season, going up from the Championship, there were 92 more, the highest in their division again.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Accumulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accumulate. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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accumulate
verb
ac·cu·mu·late
ə-ˈkyü-myə-ˌlāt
accumulated; accumulating
1
: to gather or pile up especially little by little : amass
accumulate a fortune
2
: to increase in quantity, number, or amount
rubbish accumulates quickly
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