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Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 Nov. 2023
Seventy-six of those posts amassed a collective 141 million views in 24 hours after an explosion at the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City on Oct. 17.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
The other contemporary works perform similar functions, delving into the trade routes of Chinese porcelain and the wealth amassed through enslaved labor and loss of life.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
In 50 years a kilogram of plutonium will amass around 0.2 liter of helium.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
The latest results, amassed over the past four years, are now painting a picture of our home as a unique place, at a unique time.
—WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
American also spent $30 billion in the same period replacing its aging roster of jets, adding over 300 of the narrow body Boeing 737-800 Max, a gambit that amassed the youngest fleet among the big four.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
Furtado, 44, amassed 10 Juno Awards from 2001 to 2007.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2023
Francis' eldest son Gian-Carlo died in 1986 at age 22 but had already amassed some film credits — Gian-Carlo's daughter Gia has also become a filmmaker.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Anglo-French amasser, from a- (from Latin ad-) + masser to gather into a mass, from masse mass
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amass. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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