ACCRUING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Tidal has also promised to label AI music and ban those tracks from accruing royalties. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 For more than three years, Starship’s development has been defined by a series of spectacular successes and failures, accruing incremental progress in between. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026 Every remediation should end with a change to the process that created the gap, so the debt stops accruing at the source. — Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 That leaves around €145million from elsewhere, with €136m accruing to the men’s first team, principally via the successful defence of their La Liga title. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 But the United States would also have to stop accruing massive amounts of new debt. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 The three-foot radius around your toilet is just as prone to collecting bacteria, grime, and accruing smells as the toilet bowl itself. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 24 Aug. 2026 Lineage also has been accruing fines as air regulators demand the company take additional steps to mitigate the smell and the vermin drawn to the site and surrounding neighborhoods. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Interest is already accruing, and a higher credit card APR can increase the cost of the debt even further. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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The researchers tested approximately 1,300 configurations of the electrical signals used to communicate with the neurons, accumulating more than 4,000 hours of real-time interaction across dozens of biological computing units.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Archer’s announcement notes that Midnight flew as fast as 131mph during this campaign, accumulating more than 200 flight miles over three days.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

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The Hawks are 2-2 through four games, collecting a pair of division wins before losing consecutive games to the Rockets, who’ve remained a difficult matchup over the past three years.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Every day, trucks from The Action Center travel across the Denver metro, collecting donated food from grocery stores and other partners that might otherwise go to waste.

— Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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