Backport PR #60312 on branch 2.3.x (TST (string dtype): resolve xfails in pandas/tests/apply + raise TypeError for ArrowArray accumulate) #20434

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Linux-Musl	17m 59s
Linux-32-bit	19m 57s
python-dev (macOS-13)	37m 49s
python-dev (macOS-14)	15m 36s
python-dev (ubuntu-22.04)	23m 48s
python-dev (windows-latest)	26m 38s
macos-13 actions-310.yaml	46m 14s
macos-13 actions-311.yaml	42m 48s
macos-13 actions-312.yaml	49m 39s
macos-13 actions-39.yaml	41m 1s
macos-14 actions-310.yaml	24m 50s
macos-14 actions-311.yaml	21m 15s
macos-14 actions-312.yaml	24m 45s
macos-14 actions-39.yaml	29m 11s
windows-latest actions-311.yaml	42m 30s
windows-latest actions-312.yaml	47m 34s
windows-latest actions-39.yaml	36m 18s
windows-latest actions-310.yaml	41m 50s
ubuntu-latest actions-310.yaml	55m 36s
Copy-on-Write 3.10 (warnings)	28m 11s
Copy-on-Write 3.10	28m 41s
Future infer strings (without pyarrow)	47m 54s
ubuntu-latest actions-311.yaml	49m 34s
Locale: zh_CN	26m 35s
Copy-on-Write 3.11	27m 55s
Copy-on-Write 3.11 (warnings)	27m 49s
Locale: it_IT	27m 33s
Downstream Compat	5m 41s
Numpy Dev	21m 57s
Pyarrow Nightly	24m 35s
ubuntu-latest actions-312.yaml	39m 58s
Future infer strings	39m 40s
Copy-on-Write 3.12	30m 2s
ubuntu-latest actions-39.yaml	50m 55s
Copy-on-Write 3.9 (warnings)	28m 48s
Copy-on-Write 3.9	29m 38s
Minimum Versions	28m 1s
Pypy	8m 3s
	20h 16m 48s

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