As data accumulates there begins a thought concept of life based on data gathering and evaluating.

Amino-acid data for a variety of proteins has accumulated throughout the 1980s.

Years passed, during which data supporting the theory of symbiogenesis accumulated.

"You have nothing from Dr. Egan that might give us a clue to what data he was accumulating?"

Gaps in knowledge of such are filled by educated assumptions, until more specific data accumulates.

But from the data accumulating on rape among acquaintances, little seems to have changed.

But as techniques have improved and more data have accumulated, astronomers have been able to find smaller fry.

Once sufficient data has accumulated, the system estimates the impact of individual components on the target measurement (e.g., conversion rate).

The data accumulate; from report to report the numbers are never quite the same; there's almost always something that doesn't quite fit.

As more data accumulates, children can revise their naive theories accordingly.