as in accumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
a cumulative weight gain of 20 pounds over the course of a year
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Recent Examples of cumulative
Kicking off on March 22, the cricket league has notched a cumulative watch time of 49.56 billion minutes across the JioHotstar platform and Star Sports Network so far.
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Much like a few other things the Royals need to count on in the cumulative long run that will define them.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: The net worth of American households — the cumulative value of their assets minus debts — edged up to $160.3 trillion in the fourth quarter, up 9.3% from a year earlier.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Over the same period, a fund charging 0.05% will cost you a cumulative 2%.
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—William Baldwin, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Much like a few other things the Royals need to count on in the cumulative long run that will define them.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: The net worth of American households — the cumulative value of their assets minus debts — edged up to $160.3 trillion in the fourth quarter, up 9.3% from a year earlier.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Over the same period, a fund charging 0.05% will cost you a cumulative 2%.
2.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cumulative
Adjective
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The heat is accumulative but not terribly aggressive in spice, and the bits of water chestnut offer freshness and crunch.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The number of creations, the gorgeous gemstones, and the accumulative effect of seeing all gathered in physical reality in front of my eyes – decades and decades of dedicated work and love, lined up, was rather overwhelming.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes,
6 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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And if our rate of self-improvement is fast enough, then our model improvement process will reach a point of escape velocity where improvements are not just linear or additive, but exponentially compounding.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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The separation, plus an absorbent additive like sawdust or peat moss, dries the solids and prevents odor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The billboard campaign marks an incremental escalation in local Democratic efforts to mobilize Hispanic voters in Miami-Dade, a county where Republicans have made consequential electoral gains in recent years.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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Worse, even exaggerated calculations — lower cost of college, total income instead of incremental — with the new College Scorecard data yield surprising results for CEW.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Past technology shifts—from desktops and mobile devices to cloud computing—allowed gradual implementation over stable timelines.—
Melissa Daimler,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The discovery suggests that galaxy formation might not be as slow or gradual as previously thought, especially in environments rich in gas and merging galaxies.—
Larissa G. Capella,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Cumulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumulative. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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