Example Sentences

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Five years into a loan, someone who bought a median-priced $400,000 house with 10% down would have accrued $17,000 less in equity with a 50-year mortgage than with a 30-year loan, he estimated.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

In the past 10 seasons, all 12 promoted clubs who have accrued 11 points or more in their opening 10 games have avoided relegation.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

“I am constantly shocked that so many people in their twenties and thirties could have accrued so many disease labels at such a young age,” writes O’Sullivan, who practices in London’s National Health Services.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

Even accounting for inflation, wages are higher today than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, and the biggest wage gains have accrued among the lowest-paid workers, resulting in a dramatic reduction in overall wage inequality.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2024

If the maid leaves suddenly and without giving notice, in the middle of her term, she forfeits all claim to wages which have accrued since her last payment.

From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)