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Discover LudwigThe phrase "accrues about" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing the accumulation of something, such as interest or benefits, but it is better to use a more precise expression.
Example: "The interest on the loan accrues about 5% annually."
Alternatives: "accumulates approximately" or "grows to about."
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Bernatchez accrues about 150,000 miles a year by using a Platinum American Express card.
[ 9] As more knowledge accrues about the histology and immunologic characteristics of BA, the more it appears to be a progressive immune mediated process.
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That is a lot of expertise accruing about brain neuroscience.
Among them are Bloom.com, which has accrued about 250,000 members since it started in August 2011.
Over the 14 years that I used Facebook, I accrued about 500 friends.
Hall's was one of four second places, as the party accrued about a million votes across the UK.
He paid the firm $6,000, but he says he has accrued about $50,000 in legal fees in the case.
Cisco did say today that it had managed to accrue about $187 million from sales or other disposal of the products.
All of those borrowers with pending claims have accrued about $143 million in interest on their loans during the waiting period.
As an undergraduate, she has accrued about 325 flight hours, earned a private pilot's license and instrument flying rating and is working on her commercial ticket.
Between September 2004 and February 2006, Ms. Caballero accrued about $1,900 in debt to Con Edison, even though she did not live in the apartment for most of that time.
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