accumulating
- present participle of accumulate.
Example Sentences
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While retirement planning often focuses on accumulating assets, the researchers argue that advisers and retirees should also pay close attention to future liabilities, particularly the essential expenses that are almost certain to occur.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
In Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies, tau proteins begin accumulating inside nerve cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Buying whenever capital is available is not a strategy—it is a formula for accumulating at cycle peaks,” wrote Julio Moreno, head of research at crypto data firm CryptoQuant, in a recent note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The rate at which tectonic plates are moving past one another in Venezuela is similar to how fast seismic strain is accumulating on the San Andreas fault in California, Jones said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
For two or three years Miss Trixie had been carrying these bags with her, sometimes accumulating three or four by the side of her desk, never disclosing their purpose or destination to anyone.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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