accruing

verb

present participle of accrue
as in accumulating
to increase in amount as time passes They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year. A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing.

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Recent Examples of accruing By the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 That means credit card balances may continue accruing interest at the account's contractual annual percentage rate. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Unsubsidized loans begin accruing interest as soon as the funds are disbursed, and subsidized loans don't accrue interest while you're enrolled at least half-time or during eligible grace and deferment periods. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 30 June 2026 The recent apparel collections, centered around Americana and the preppy look, seem to be accruing fans, expanding the brand’s appeal beyond the boat shoe and the penny loafer, although footwear remains Sebago’s bread and butter. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 June 2026 The platforms accruing the most value in 2026 combine creative, prediction, ML and vertical supply integration. — Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Robert had spent the last few years accruing credit card points—more on that below—in the hopes of planning a blowout honeymoon experience for the wanderlusting couple, who had previously traveled together to romantic destinations like Japan and the south of France. — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026 As Joe Domínguez and Vicki Robin wrote in their wildly influential 1992 self-help book Your Money or Your Life, financial independence means not having to work for a living, accruing enough to pay your bills via passive income. — Joshua Rivera, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026 Charlene Woracker of South Yorkshire, England, began accruing household essentials during the COVID pandemic, according to Kennedy News and Media. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accruing
  1. accumulating
  2. maximizing
  3. collecting
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  • More women are inheriting wealth, accumulating it earlier and making investment decisions independently.
    — Kim Lawton, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • And while the images of crowded fountains and shuttered schools dominate the headlines, the economic damage is already accumulating in ways most employers and policymakers have barely begun to reckon with.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 June 2026
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  • The platform is designed to operate at 800-volt DC, the same voltage as GPU racks, ensuring less waste and maximizing compute per watt.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • What’s needed is a mindset shift—from a traditional recruitment mentality to a focus on maximizing team output.
    — Robert Hogeboom, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of maximizing
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  • At donation centers across Miami-Dade County, members of the Venezuelan community are collecting supplies for victims while anxiously waiting for news from home.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The government argued both that Chatrie had tacitly agreed to Google collecting the information and that Chatrie had no reasonable expectation of privacy in third-party Google’s records.
    — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of collecting

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