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  • adjective brought together into a group or crowd.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of accumulate.

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  • adjective periodically accumulated over time

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Examples

  • $8T in accumulated debt from ware in Iraq, Medicare Part D, tax cuts

    Think Progress » DC Media Scoff At President Obama’s Substantive And Detailed Answer To Health Care Question 2010

  • For some people, who can see no other solution, enduring the routine and boredom of daily "have-to" travel has been made more tolerable by looking forward to long-planned "want-to" trips -- almost as if pain accumulated now can at some point be exchanged for pleasure.

    Tony Hiss: Deep Travel Tony Hiss 2010

  • Iberdrola said it has the right to receive € 4.42 billion in accumulated tariff deficit payments.

    Iberdrola Profit Rises 15% Bernd Radowitz 2010

  • For some people, who can see no other solution, enduring the routine and boredom of daily "have-to" travel has been made more tolerable by looking forward to long-planned "want-to" trips -- almost as if pain accumulated now can at some point be exchanged for pleasure.

    Tony Hiss: Deep Travel Tony Hiss 2010

  • The nature of the tissue label accumulated was, thus, a direct consequence of formaldehyde binding to tissue structures.

    Samuel S. Epstein: A Dangerous Spin On The Cancer Risks Of Sugar-Free Sweeteners 2010

  • To get where he is in this contest against the Clinton machine and the name recognition Edwards accumulated from the 2004 campaign is no small feat.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • That we were a fast paced, racing generation more interested in accumulated things and entertainment, going after our own fulfillment, or a sacrificing people who left something that will really be valued?

    Get in on Life... 2007

  • Not all this data being accumulated is being made public.

    And you wonder why people in America are afraid of the Internet | FactoryCity 2007

  • Income or market approaches need to be used to conduct an evaluation, taking into account a state-owned financial institution's long-term accumulated brand value, network distribution, customer resources, franchising rights, goodwill and other intangible assets.

    Chinese Official Sheds Light on State Assets 2008

  • A great deal of evidence has accumulated from the Viking mission to support the conclusion that Mars is a biologically active planet.

    Life on Mars 1977

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