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adjective

as in compiled

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verb

past tense of amass
1
as in collected
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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2
as in accumulated
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 amassed
Verb
Smead has amassed a large following online with more than 4,000 followers on Facebook. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 Over the past few years, Sofie Birch has amassed a sparkling catalog of bucolic curios on outré labels. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026 In European mythology and literature, storytellers often portrayed dragons as creatures that amassed enormous wealth without ever using or sharing it, embodying the idea that riches pursued for their own sake can lead to isolation and ruin. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 In 2025, the IMF reported that, across the globe, companies, households, and countries had amassed $251 trillion in debt. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 July 2026 Despite his team-mates being unable to capitalise, the video, posted the day after the game, amassed over three million views in 24 hours, and was reshared over multiple platforms and accounts on Instagram and TikTok. — George Edwards, New York Times, 24 July 2026 And Ziyu Gao, the club’s vp, posts TikToks about the process of getting into USC; a 2025 clip, which shows her real-time reactions to her college admissions decisions, has amassed nearly half a million views. — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026 Across her TikTok and social media pages, the junior red carpet correspondent (who has even done some work for PEOPLE) has amassed a following of over 3 million for her fashion-forward ‘fits and A-list celebrity interviews shared to her channels. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 In some of the clips that have amassed more than 2 million views, people joked about losing 15-20 pounds after the meal. — Amber Raiken, Verywell Health, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amassed
  1. accrued
  2. collected
  3. accumulated
  4. aggregated
  5. assembled
  6. gathered
  7. built-up
  8. garnered
Adjective
  • If enough assets exist, both the outstanding principal and any allowable accrued interest may be paid before remaining assets are distributed to heirs.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • The complaint claims that workers immediately lost their jobs, benefits, and access to company systems at that time, and were owed accrued vacation and sick pay.
    — ABC NEWS, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Definition of accrued
Verb
  • Closer Aroldis Chapman collected seven saves in the 15-game stretch.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Unlike LLMs like ChatGPT, which can parse the virtually boundless internet, robots need manipulation data collected in the real physical world, which is costly and difficult to scale.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026
Definition of collected
Verb
  • After creating videos, some of which have accumulated millions of views across platforms, Badger earned representation from Digital Brand Architects, or DBA, a creator-management company, which was acquired by United Talent Agency.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • By the time crews arrived at the scene, somewhere between 3 and 4 feet of water and mud had accumulated in the theater, engulfing all of the ground floor seats and rising to the height of the elevated stage.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Definition of accumulated
Adjective
  • The data is based on aggregated card and digital tip transactions from restaurants on the Toast platform, which has about 171,000 locations in the United States.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • The agreement calls for the sharing of aggregated data with all personally identifiable information removed.
    — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026
Definition of aggregated
Verb
  • The French Laundry has assembled a remarkable collection of rare and vintage spirits, including Scotch whisky, bourbon, Cognac, Armagnac and Chartreuse.
    — Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Steady and spectacular and dedicated to his craft on defense, Swanson embodies the group of position players the Cubs have assembled.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • Earlier this month, Monopol reported that VAU had gathered support from 107 artists, including Renate Bertlmann, Ernst Caramelle, Jakob Lena Knebl, and Eva Schlegel, to launch a fair to fill this gap.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026
  • Two weeks after Sayveon’s disappearance, family, friends, and his Kroger co-workers gathered at Forest Hills Park in Charlottesville.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Definition of gathered
Adjective
  • The Caribbean-facing region of Quintana Roo has some of Mexico's busiest and most built-up beachfronts, but visitors looking for a more serene escape will love still-secret destinations like Mahahual.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • While the Classic looks a little more built-up, and has what may be a larger, physical rotating bezel, both watches have what’s known in some circles as a squircle design.
    — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Definition of built-up
Verb
  • The second apron, a payroll threshold far above the luxury tax, has garnered the attention of the basketball world since its inception in 2023 because of the strategic repercussions that come with going above it.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Another post to Facebook about the business garnered more support, with people expressing their excitement for the course to open.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Definition of garnered

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