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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive
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as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
over the last month a huge mound of paperwork has amassed on my desk
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Recent Examples of amass
One clip, showing a Susac family member holding a limp, sobbing Chuck while the section rose to celebrate Daniel’s third hit, had amassed nearly 2 million views on X by Friday afternoon.
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Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
As Amazon’s number-one best-selling flats, these shoes have amassed more than 53,000 perfect ratings.
—Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Cobb-Bey's parents, the lawsuit claims, were also aware that their son was amassing and storing firearms at their Dallas home.
—S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Madsen won the starting job over Nelson, and has since amassed a record of 20-6 as the starter.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026
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Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
As Amazon’s number-one best-selling flats, these shoes have amassed more than 53,000 perfect ratings.
—Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Cobb-Bey's parents, the lawsuit claims, were also aware that their son was amassing and storing firearms at their Dallas home.
—S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Madsen won the starting job over Nelson, and has since amassed a record of 20-6 as the starter.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amass
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Rose had collected art her whole life, cared a lot about her paintings, and was disturbed, obviously, by this fact that wasn’t a fact.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Eighty minutes in, yellow card already in his pocket and a one-game suspension already looming, Wilfried Zaha collected a Pep Biel pass in stride and buried it into the far corner.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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The gaps between cushions These high-touch and hidden areas accumulate dust, crumbs and body oils that regular surface cleaning won’t reach.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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The accumulating studies on individual systems suggest that plants and their fungi cannot be understood separately.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Quick, tight, and dense, TDS gathers the latest automotive headlines from around the globe and places them all in one spot.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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In it, Dekeyser assembles a history and taxonomy of the refusal of technologies, even ones that humans had come to depend on in their daily lives.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Olivia Bannerman, a 28-year-old software designer and part-time model, was standing on a rock in Central Park with her statuesque golden retriever, Violet, waiting for a quorum to assemble.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
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Equally important, but garnering less attention, have been the price increases for products made from energy, like nitrogen-heavy fertilizer, which is synthesized from ammonia, derived from natural gas.—
E.J. Antoni,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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His marathon coverage garnered national notice and, two years later, an offer to move to a larger market in Milwaukee.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amass. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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