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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The TikTok video posted earlier this week, which amassed over 86,000 views in three days, showed Cammy two days after her injection, running in circles around the house.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
But when the 2021 New York City mayoral election came along, DSA didn't endorse a candidate, despite the fact that the organization had amassed a large canvassing infrastructure in the years preceding it.
—Halle Troadec, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Gus, meanwhile, went on to amass 743 points over 1,056 games for five teams, highlighted by an appearance in the 1988 All-Star Game during his first year in Vancouver and an iconic series-clinching overtime goal for the Canucks in the 1994 conference finals.
—Rob Rossi, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
As naval vessels filled the Delaware River that day, crowds amassed along the shorelines to cheer.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
But when the 2021 New York City mayoral election came along, DSA didn't endorse a candidate, despite the fact that the organization had amassed a large canvassing infrastructure in the years preceding it.
—Halle Troadec, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Gus, meanwhile, went on to amass 743 points over 1,056 games for five teams, highlighted by an appearance in the 1988 All-Star Game during his first year in Vancouver and an iconic series-clinching overtime goal for the Canucks in the 1994 conference finals.
—Rob Rossi, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
As naval vessels filled the Delaware River that day, crowds amassed along the shorelines to cheer.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amass. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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