as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace
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Avoid spots where water accumulates.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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And in most baseline agent configurations, that data accumulates.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Piles (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piles%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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