accumulative
Americanadjective
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tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
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tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.
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Origin of accumulative
First recorded in 1645–55; accumulate + -ive
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However, we still don’t know what accumulative stone throwing sites might mean to the chimpanzees themselves nor why they do it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
As for questions about her age, she said, "I have accumulative youth."
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
There’s something about AI being this accumulative source that is like what genre is based on — moves we make to move forward based on looking back at how structures and language are built.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
She said it was an 11.5% increase in April, and an "accumulative increase" of more than 30% since 2018.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2023
Every night of his life was crowded with curious, sad and ridiculous incidents; had he let them linger long in his mind his hand and temperament would have suffered a loss of accumulative skill.
From Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure by Eustace Hale Ball
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