as in to accumulate
to increase in amount as time passes
They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year. A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing.
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Recent Examples of accrue
Palace have accrued 27 points from the past 17 games to thrust the team well clear of trouble.
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The company's liabilities include accounts payable and accrued expenses totaling $4.6 million, lot sale obligations of $451,550, and convertible debt obligations of $1.6 million.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
Their wedding party even went viral on TikTok, with 38,000 views and more than 600 comments accrued in just one clip, for being the definition of black beauty.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
Notably, these volunteer hours don’t have to be accrued strictly on land managed by the National Park Service sites.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The company's liabilities include accounts payable and accrued expenses totaling $4.6 million, lot sale obligations of $451,550, and convertible debt obligations of $1.6 million.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
Their wedding party even went viral on TikTok, with 38,000 views and more than 600 comments accrued in just one clip, for being the definition of black beauty.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
Notably, these volunteer hours don’t have to be accrued strictly on land managed by the National Park Service sites.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accrue
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The problem, Haynes said, is that the snow is not accumulating in abundance.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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This was the kind of odd, even morbid artifact that SNL has accumulated in spades over the years—and the 50th-anniversary celebration could have benefited from digging up more of them.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Find out exactly when to start planting tomatoes to avoid frost damage and maximize growing time.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Feb. 2025
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And they are poised to maximize the position’s value.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2025
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The company will also stop collecting gender and diversity data for most U.S. job applicants and tying its employee incentive program to DEI goals.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Stillman, Gunther and Connor Brady each collected 2 hits for Trinity Prep.—
Robert Clark,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Accrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accrue. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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