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as in collects
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 accumulates
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 amasses
Anne’s trip to the countryside opens up the series both physically and thematically by acknowledging that Irish life and history exist outside Dublin and that while the Guinness family amasses power and plays at politics, others are living a much different existence.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amasses
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The past few volatile days notwithstanding, the broader market rally that's lifted stocks to a series of record highs in recent months is also a boon for BlackRock, which collects more in fees when asset prices are rising.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Google Maps collects detailed location and usage data to power personalization and advertising.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Cha 1107-7626 is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust, which constantly falls onto the planet and accumulates during a process that astronomers call accretion.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Lead accumulates in our bones, brains, and other organs.—
Tom Frieden,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The new series assembles 10 housewives from across the continent for what producers are calling a celebration of Pan-African sisterhood and glamor.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Waze, also owned by Google, gathers anonymized driving data to enhance community reporting.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Whatever the state gathers—whether the innocuous, the personal, or the intensely political—could in turn be used for arrests, detentions, fines, disappearances, and much worse.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Among them, the Nobel Peace Prize consistently garners the most public interest due to the prominence of its nominees and the global impact of their work.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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But live content still garners the biggest ratings, which includes late-night talk shows.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Amasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amasses. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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