amassed; amassing; amasses
1
: to collect for oneself : accumulate
amass a great fortune
2
: to collect into a mass : gather
must select rather than simply amass details
: to come together : assemble
Dark clouds amassed over the city.
amasser
noun
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
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Flanagan has amassed eight Senate endorsers, mostly from the party’s progressive wing, and Craig has five, several of whom served with her in the House.
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The co-owner of Izakaya Seki, a neighborhood Japanese restaurant tucked into Washington’s U Street corridor, had amassed a stash of minimal-intervention bottles that weren’t a fit for the dinner menu.
—Emily Saladino, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
Since then, the hit-making producer has amassed billions of streams across streaming platforms with his genre-bending music.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Flanagan has amassed eight Senate endorsers, mostly from the party’s progressive wing, and Craig has five, several of whom served with her in the House.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The co-owner of Izakaya Seki, a neighborhood Japanese restaurant tucked into Washington’s U Street corridor, had amassed a stash of minimal-intervention bottles that weren’t a fit for the dinner menu.
—Emily Saladino, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
Since then, the hit-making producer has amassed billions of streams across streaming platforms with his genre-bending music.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amass. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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