as in cumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
certain drugs have additive effects when taken in conjunction with each other that one doesn't see when any one is used alone
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
Officials cited a statute known as the Delaney Clause, which requires FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in people or animals.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Since, more states have followed with bills targeting the use of food additives, including Illinois and New York.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The biggest challenge with creating the hulls is managing the heat during the additive process to keep the parts from deforming as they are created.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
Officials cited a statute known as the Delaney Clause, which requires FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in people or animals.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
Industry groups have been calling on the agency to step up its regulation of food additives, citing concerns that a vacuum left by FDA inaction could lead to a frustrating patchwork of state laws for national food brands.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Since, more states have followed with bills targeting the use of food additives, including Illinois and New York.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
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Prices at the mall are about one-fifth higher now than before the pandemic, thanks to cumulative inflation.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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The most seasoned All-Star among this group is 34-year-old Milwaukee Bucks point guard Damian Lillard, who makes his ninth cumulative All-Star team and his second with Milwaukee.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) and police officers from the anti-corruption office are conducting all-out searches this morning targeting the French subsidiary of Netflix.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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The technology company has not disclosed financial details for its subsidiaries, including TikTok’s global or U.S. operation.—
Haleluya Hadero,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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The latter also featured keyboard accompaniment from James Blake.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2025
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On its own, a good mac and cheese needs no accompaniment.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Warren’s presence as a traditional in-line tight end could be an even more significant complement to Lamb, who operates a majority of his snaps from the slot.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chief among them is that Stromer’s descriptions and illustrations are highly accurate when compared with specimens that can still be studied firsthand, suggesting his data is a reliable complement to the photographs.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, almost 350,000 pregnant women in Afghanistan received a full course of the supplements.—
UNICEF USA,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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At Extension Health, a clinic in Manhattan, such treatments include hyperbaric oxygen therapy, plasma exchange and ozone therapy, as well as a litany of supplements, peptides and hormones.—
Dana G. Smith,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Additive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/additive. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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