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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
As a rule of thumb, financial advisors suggest most Americans should aim to amass emergency savings to cover three to six months of expenses, if not more.
—USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Hankey has amassed a fortune that Forbes values at $7.4 billion.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
He was drawn to plants and amassed a collection of cacti in particular.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
Large content creators such as Dylan Huynh and Matthew Beem have amassed hundreds of thousands of subscribers by leveraging it.
—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Christian Science amassed a large following in Milwaukee, and its congregations built churches across the city.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Biden has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for 2024 campaign.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Her post quickly amassed dozens of comments from neighbors with advice and similar stories about their challenges making payments to KC Water.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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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 16 Apr. 2024.
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