How to Use accumulator in a Sentence

accumulator

noun
  • Trump — both the man and the brand — stands as a symbol of greed and excess, as an accumulator of wealth, not a sharer.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 11 Nov. 2019
  • And don’t forget, download the BetBull app and follow me @Dan.90min to see if my accumulator brings home the money!
    SI.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The start/stop accumulator endcap may have missing or loose bolts.
    USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The can maximize accumulator capacity, like Chevrolet does with the Volt, or run a smaller (and lighter) system like the Toyota uses in their Prius.
    Tony Borroz, WIRED, 8 May 2009
  • The system’s accumulator bottle, mounted behind the front bumper, is enormous—a hint of the kind of pressure required to damp and stabilize the oscillating mass above.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Nobody in their right mind from the compulsive accumulator class pays the punitive federal estate tax.
    WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
  • Dealers will inspect the start/stop transmission accumulator—the part that is potentially missing bolts—and replace it if any bolts are missing.
    Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation published a graphic showing how patients end up paying more out of pocket for their meds when an accumulator program is in place.
    Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • With a copay accumulator someone with a $5,000 deductible who is using a copay coupon or patient assistance will still owe that full deductible if the assistance money runs out late in the year, Koulianos said.
    Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Backing multiple games at a low goal total Where accumulators are concerned, backing both teams to surpass a low goals total is something everyone should have in their thoughts.
    SI.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The Food and Drug Administration questioned his claims about the orgone accumulator and believed that the device was a cover for more illicit activities.
    Washington Post, 18 June 2021
  • In other words, the conservancy will be an accumulator and facilitator of research on what the bugs do, while the vault ensures that viable microbes are always available if and when their function is understood.
    Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2019
  • A heated accumulator tank will hold five liters of water during the launch and keep it from freezing until the spacecraft arrives at its destination, where temperatures will be markedly higher.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2017
  • With this in mind, fantasy owners should focus on stat accumulators rather than a specific position.
    Michael Beller, SI.com, 2 July 2018
  • These accumulators, which target specialty medicines that are typically more expensive and are often injected or infused, do not count the value of any coupons toward out-of-pocket medicine costs that are applied toward deductibles.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Wagner also wasn't a stat accumulator - someone who stuck around stacking numbers even while losing effectiveness.
    Matt Young, Chron, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The American, an accumulator of 157 international caps, is an engaging interviewee.
    Aimee Lewis, CNN, 28 June 2019

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