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
Athens took a €52.9 billion ($61.8 billion) bailout from fellow eurozone countries in 2010 after accruing unsustainable debts, imperiling the currency itself.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Grant’s indictment—and his celebration—predates DOGE, whose arrival only makes both more relevant: a counter to the slander of public servants routinely dispensed by Elon Musk, a man who accrues more money in an hour than the average USPS employee will make in a lifetime.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
Each time an employee leaves, the business accrues additional costs in hiring their replacement, onboarding them and losing the productivity of an experienced worker.
—Michael Spataro, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
From August 2022 to April 2025, the facility accrued more than $270,000 in federal fines due to serious health or fire safety citations.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Grant’s indictment—and his celebration—predates DOGE, whose arrival only makes both more relevant: a counter to the slander of public servants routinely dispensed by Elon Musk, a man who accrues more money in an hour than the average USPS employee will make in a lifetime.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
Each time an employee leaves, the business accrues additional costs in hiring their replacement, onboarding them and losing the productivity of an experienced worker.
—Michael Spataro, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
From August 2022 to April 2025, the facility accrued more than $270,000 in federal fines due to serious health or fire safety citations.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accrue
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Parikh had found the culprit: AL amyloidosis, which is caused by bone marrow disease and can result in abnormal proteins accumulating in the heart muscle.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Aug. 2025
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The wealth and power the nation has been able to accumulate since emanates, directly, absolutely, from two great sins.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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On Cost and Community To maximize the potential for the festival, Jones made the difficult decision to charge an entrance fee for the first time in the festival’s history.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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This emphasizes the importance of creativity in maximizing ROIs on ad spending.—
Manuel Machado,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The findings, collected and put on a map by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), show that the Eastern side of the country has a significantly higher number of locations with levels of PFAS chemicals above accepted limits than the West.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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All the other tournaments are categorized by how many points the winner collects.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Accrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accrue. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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