ACCUMULATED Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

accumulated

verb

Definition of accumulated

past tense of accumulate

as in increased

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating

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as in collected

to bring together in one body or place finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale

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as in amassed

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass clouds accumulating on the western horizon

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Recent Examples of accumulated Look for areas where dry, brown grass has accumulated on the lawn and use a rake to remove or de-thatch it. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2026 Rather, how that time is accumulated, and whether it's broken up with physical activity, also have a notable impact. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 When fluid accumulated from infection, a practitioner might use a small sharp spear nested in a metal tube, called a trocar and cannula. — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 In Gaza City alone, around 25 million tons of debris have accumulated, Mohanna said. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Frequent travelers accumulated points, elite status and, eventually, free nights. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Investigators said the pilot held a commercial pilot certificate and had accumulated over 4,100 total flight hours. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 According to Wired, Spotify removed over 500,000 artificial streams that the track had accumulated, pushing it down to fourth place from number one in the charts. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 July 2026 The scientists used computer simulations of earthquakes over the past 1,000 years to determine how stress accumulated along three fault segments of the southern San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. — Velvet Wu july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

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And Harleys has entirely redesigned the rear -suspension and increased its travel 117 per cent to five inches (13 cm).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
The share of workers with hybrid schedules has increased a bit, while the share in fully remote positions has only seen a slight decline.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 July 2026

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Fees for the strait would be collected in consultation with the international community and through the International Maritime Organization, the official said.

— Abigail Williams, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Shell has consistently been a close second to Chevron for high prices and fat margins, followed by the other large oil company brands, according to data collected and analyzed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA).

— Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

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Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.

— Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
The Italian jockey, who famously went through the card with seven winners in seven races at Ascot in September 1996, has amassed more than 3,350 victories in his career, mostly in England.

— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of amassed

Verb

Dondi assembled a small but mighty team and established swim lanes.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Luke Gennaro of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said the exhibit was assembled on short notice after volunteers scrambled to secure donations from businesses across the state.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of assembled

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Historians are in broad agreement that this year’s celebration has garnered far less attention than the bicentennial, marked in 1976, which generated blanket media coverage and widespread national excitement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
The previous version of the bill had garnered strong bipartisan support in the 80-person Assembly, passing out of the chamber with 76 votes in favor of it.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

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