accumulate
verb (used with object)
to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up.
is accumulating
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present progressiveof accumulate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Its smaller neighbor, with a mass of roughly 600,000 suns, is accumulating matter at a much higher rate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Evidence is accumulating that Beijing’s firepower is running down, as Logan Wright of the Rhodium Group consultancy noted in a recent report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
“We know that, particularly with the HPV vaccine, the evidence is accumulating all the time about the value of this vaccine and how effective it is in preventing cancer.”
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
Perhaps the most notable is the rate at which extra heat is accumulating in the Earth's climate system, known as "Earth's energy imbalance" in scientific jargon.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
These hidebound trustees were determined to run the Research Corporation as conservatively as they ran their own businesses—that is, accumulating a large capital cushion before starting to give it away.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
