Example Sentences

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This meant vintage Levi’s, worn tees, thrift-store knits, “pieces that feel inherited or accumulated over time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Instead of subtracting spending from income, it adds up what households did with their money or how much households accumulated in assets net of new borrowing.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

CEO Brian Bleese says the first job has been to clear large amounts of litter that had accumulated and to carry out surveys to assess the health of the habitat.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

They purchased SaaS as a substitute for internal capability, accumulated organizational debt — and now lack the human capital to navigate a transition that is fundamentally about people and process.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

In addition, hunter-gatherers frequently shift camp and leave behind their own piles of feces with accumulated microbes and worm larvae.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond