amass

verb

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\ ə-ˈmas

amassed; amassing; amasses

Definition of amass

transitive verb

1 : to collect for oneself : accumulate amass a great fortune

2 : to collect into a mass : gather must select rather than simply amass details

intransitive verb

: to come together : assemble Dark clouds amassed over the city.

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Examples of amass in a Sentence

They've amassed a wealth of information. amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive

Recent Examples on the Web To many rental property owners and landlords, the eviction moratorium is not only putting them in financial jeopardy, but also encouraging residents to amass large and likely un-payable debts. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, "‘Stuffing Their Mouths with Gold’ — Selling the Biden/Yellen Tax Cartel," 10 Apr. 2021 Warren is one of only nine songwriters in Oscar history to amass 12 or more nominations in this category. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "Conversations With Every 2021 Oscar Best Original Song and Score Nominee," 2 Apr. 2021 The state’s push to amass hydroxychloroquine emerged in the early days of the pandemic, as Trump was touting the antimalarial drug as a potential off-label miracle cure for COVID-19. — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, "Exclusive: Utah’s power brokers helped Draper pharmacist with customs holdup on drug import," 29 Mar. 2021 Most of us need to save and invest a lot to amass hefty safety cushions for our retirement. — Dallas News, "Motley Fool: Cigarette maker Altria still rewards its shareholders," 7 Feb. 2021 The callers decide that G-Eazy can amass around 20,000 units on an EP opening week. — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, "Inside the ‘Black Market’ Where Artists Can Pay for Millions of Streams," 10 Mar. 2021 What will help the app grow is when people like Shay, Alexa, Kristel and the other experts in my room start holding regular get togethers, share their insights, and amass super-sized followings. — John Brandon, Forbes, "What Happens When Influencers Like Shay Rowbottom Start To Dominate Clubhouse," 28 Feb. 2021 Even if the likes of MindMed and Compass can amass the requisite clinical trials, there is also the question of how to give out the drugs. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, "Can LSD cure our pandemic anxiety? MindMed is spending big to find out," 18 Feb. 2021 The Democratic Party’s hopes there rested on Trump’s unpopularity and an outpouring of giving from both large and small donors which allowed its candidates to amass giant campaign war chests. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, "What Happened to the Down-Ballot Blue Wave?," 5 Nov. 2020

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