accumulates
- present tense form of accumulate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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They also reduce visceral fat, the fat stored deep around internal organs, as well as ectopic fat that accumulates in places where fat does not normally belong.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
If treated right, peat accumulates "about a millimetre a year," Jones said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
It accumulates as a sequence rather than arriving as a coup.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Barclays emphasizes that gold’s key structural drivers — U.S. consumer-price inflation and central-bank buying — are “slow-moving variables whose influence accumulates over time.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Though I'll have to clean it thoroughly every few hours as dust accumulates.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
