How to Use accumulation in a Sentence

accumulation

noun
  • More than eight years on, the fruit of this slow accumulation is her first book.
    Henry Hitchings, WSJ, 8 May 2022
  • There has been a late April accumulation for the past two years.
    Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Most cut against the accumulation of habits and codes that guide the design process long before the first sketch.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
  • That’s because plants respond to the steady accumulation of heat at the start of each year.
    Harry Stevens, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The total accumulation would bury the length of Manhattan to a depth of 126 feet — close to the height of a twelve-storey building.
    Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2023
  • This may help to explain the accumulation of ice within the shielded craters of the moon’s north and south poles.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The world’s largest accumulation of trona is in Wyoming.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The cut was filled in with rocks, and these promoted the accumulation of sand.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • Pull the Spring Clips Pull both spring clips and wipe off any dust or a light accumulation of rust from their surface.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
  • This is simply the accumulation of layers of smoke, and not paint at all.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • Less than a half-inch of accumulation is expected each day for much of the area.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022
  • These both function well in the savings and accumulation phase of life.
    Jamie Hopkins, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Whether there is a light accumulation or not, highs should hold in the upper 30s to lower 40s as cold air settles in.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • He’s sent an amazing 75 tracks into the top 10, which must be one of the largest accumulations of smashes among all hip-hop stars.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Sometimes, the accumulation of these seemingly little perks was enough for a brand to make the list.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • For now, the chance of drizzles remains low, with accumulations amounting to a few hundredths of an inch.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The San Gabriel Mountains are expected to get the most snow -- with accumulations of up to 14 inches.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 May 2023
  • Rainfall accumulation will be less than a tenth of an inch.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Only by the accumulation of many such hours, morning and evening, in daylight and darkness, may droughts be brought to an end.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • Up to a tenth of an inch of ice accumulation is expected.
    Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The state’s April snow survey this year found the greatest accumulation in the southern Sierra.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • So you get shaped by this accumulation of cliches and tropes.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • This is when the state gets the most snow, with an average accumulation of 4.2 inches of snowfall.
    Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Areas at about 1,000 feet and above could see spotty accumulations that may stay around a while.
    oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The other five violations — stuff like the accumulation of grease on the hood and hood filters of a stove — were minor.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The researchers found that preventing F-actin accumulation, caused more autophagy in the brains of aged fruit flies.
    New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Most of any accumulation is focused on the Blue Ridge and west, but a burst could cause localized grassy dustings.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • In large part, not by running all-out 400-meter repeats twice a week, but by the steady accumulation of long runs and tempo runs for months on end.
    Mark Coogan, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The National Weather Service classifies snow accumulation in two ways: Snowfall over the course of a single day, and the depth of snow on a particular day.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Christmas Day will be milder, with temperatures in the upper 30s and no snow or ice accumulation expected.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024

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