conglomerative

as in cumulative
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things the overabundance of historical detail has the conglomerative effect of overwhelming and boring the reader

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cumulative
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  • Inflows were valued at $7.6 billion, which in turn drove cumulative assets under management (AUMs) to $382.8 billion an all-time peak.
    Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • The team has the worst cumulative point differential through 18 games in the history of the WNBA at -320, significantly worse than the 2011 Tulsa Shock team that started with a -260 differential and went on to set a league record with 20 consecutive losses.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
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“Conglomerative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerative. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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