accretion
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "accretion"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϜāύ, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

the process of something growing or increasing slowly over time as new parts are added
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over centuries, the accretion of traditions formed the nation's culture.
āĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€ āϧāϰ⧇, āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ, āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻļāύ

the process by which a beneficiary's portion of an estate grows because another co-beneficiary dies, rejects the inheritance, or fails to qualify
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Accretion applied after one heir renounced their claim.
āĻāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϜāύ.
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āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻž

the gradual expansion of land caused by soil, sand, or sediment carried by water and deposited along the shore or riverbanks
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Landowners benefited from the accretion of fertile soil after floods.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āωāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϜāύ, āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ

the process of growth caused by the gradual buildup or sticking together of small parts or particles
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shell 's structure results from the slow accretion of minerals.
āĻ–ā§‹āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ–āύāĻŋāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϧ⧀āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϜāύ āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻļāύ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš

the process by which planets, stars, or other celestial bodies form as gravity pulls together surrounding gas, dust, and debris
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Astronomers study accretion to understand how galaxies evolve.
āĻœā§āϝ⧋āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰāĻž āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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