In “Why Race Still Matters,” a 2005 article in the journal Daedalus, he explored how anthropologists had developed racial categories by extrapolating from superficial physical characteristics, a method that has had lasting effects, including racial oppression. “Classification and judgment are seldom separable,” he wrote. “Racial classification is evaluation.”
“So, faced by the bulk of what I had already accumulated, I decided to do what no one had tried — compile as complete a volume as possible by attempting a literal translation from celluloid to paper.”
EchoStar has quietly accumulated a big portion of Sirius XM's maturing debt in what could be the first salvo in an attempt to take control of the embattled company.
accumulate Show phonetics
verb
1 [T] to collect a large number of things over a long period of time:
As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.
The company said the debt was accumulated during its acquisition of nine individual businesses.
We've accumulated so much rubbish over the years.
2 [I] to gradually increase in number or amount:
A thick layer of dust had accumulated in the room.
If you don't sort out the papers on your desk on a regular basis they just keep on accumulating.
accumulation Show phonetics
noun [C or U]
Despite this accumulation of evidence, the Government persisted in doing nothing.
Accumulations of sand can be formed by the action of waves on coastal beaches.
ac・cu・mu・late
━━ v. 積む, ためる; 積もる, たまる; 【コンピュータ】累算する. accumulated fund 積立金. accumulated depreciation 減価償却累計額. accumulated dividend 累積利益配当. accumulated profit 留保利益金. ac・cu・mu・la・tion ━━ n. 集積, 蓄積. accumulation unit 累積[積立]ユニット. ac・cu・mu・la・tive ━━ a. ac・cu・mu・la・tor ━━ n. 集める物[人], 蓄財家; 積み上げ方式の賭(か)け; 【コンピュータ】累算器; 〔英〕 蓄電池.
defraud Show phonetics
verb [T] to take something illegally from a person, company, etc., or to prevent someone from having something that is legally theirs by deceiving them:
He was found guilty of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service.
They are both charged with conspiracy to defraud an insurance company of $20 000.
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