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to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range
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Recent Examples of massed
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
The nectar plants should be massed together in groups of three and five by color.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Yet their embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Macclesfield, from the sixth tier of football in England, as holders in the FA Cup’s third round in January was not against a team who massed resolutely in their own territory.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Hours earlier, Orban's supporters had massed in front of parliament on the country's annual commemoration of its 1848 revolution against Habsburg rule.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
Heat tolerant and deer resistant, Burning Love™ Leucothoe looks stunning massed in garden beds and woodland plantings.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Similar health crises surfaced wherever immigration officers massed in the past year.
—Kate Wells, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
Federal agents had massed in the house and in cars on the street, conducting a raid on the construction site.
—Cengiz Yar, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2026
Even so, right now, tens of thousands of American troops are massed off the coast of Venezuela, and a slight provocation could spark lethal consequences.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
China’s military has unveiled a combat drone converted from a Soviet–era fighter jet, a development that could enable massed drone attacks in any future conflict over Taiwan.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Soldiers massed around Central, crossing rifles to prevent the Black students, who would soon be immortalized as the Little Rock Nine, from entering the grounds.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
The nectar plants should be massed together in groups of three and five by color.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Yet their embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Macclesfield, from the sixth tier of football in England, as holders in the FA Cup’s third round in January was not against a team who massed resolutely in their own territory.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Hours earlier, Orban's supporters had massed in front of parliament on the country's annual commemoration of its 1848 revolution against Habsburg rule.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
Heat tolerant and deer resistant, Burning Love™ Leucothoe looks stunning massed in garden beds and woodland plantings.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Similar health crises surfaced wherever immigration officers massed in the past year.
—Kate Wells, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
Federal agents had massed in the house and in cars on the street, conducting a raid on the construction site.
—Cengiz Yar, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2026
Even so, right now, tens of thousands of American troops are massed off the coast of Venezuela, and a slight provocation could spark lethal consequences.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massed
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Uy Scuti Bøyz [YSL] You’d be hard pressed to find an up-and-coming Atlanta rapper who doesn’t want to pay their respects to Young Thug, but not all of them are signed to his label.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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Extra virgin olive oil is cold-pressed, unlike regular olive oil.—
Isabel Vasquez RD LDN,
Health,
16 Apr. 2026
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Hathaway, who drew on the star power she’s accumulated over the past 20 years, credited the film’s producers for quickly adjusting to her request.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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The program has accumulated nearly $80 million to support their college and career dreams.—
Debra-Ellen Glickstein,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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An early investigation by county detectives found that a small group of people was gathered on the sidewalk outside of a residence on Braddock Avenue when someone began shooting at them from across the street.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The foursome and their furry friend went out to greet the citizens who had gathered in front of the palace to congratulate Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and to enjoy the concert performed in her honor by the band of the Royal Guard during the relay.—
Marta Martínez Tato,
Vanity Fair,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Add fruits like strawberries, blueberries or crushed pineapple, along with a drizzle of chocolate, chocolate chips, almonds or granola.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Press firmly into crushed cornflakes and shake to remove excess.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This could cut them off from receiving preventive or routine health care and require more emergency room visits that will add more stress and financial pressure to an already overcrowded system.—
ByMary Kekatos,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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For years, many of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority have embarked on rickety wooden boats to try to reach neighbouring countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, in a bid to flee persecution in Myanmar or overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The roads of New Orleans are cluttered with serried ranks of billboards touting the services of personal-injury lawyers.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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New York must do better than its usual serried towers and clunky blocks; a new cast of leaders can look abroad to figure out how.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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But instead of video games, large screens stacked wall-to-wall glow with real-time reconnaissance footage from the front line in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The apartment is nicely located but a bit frozen in time with current listing photos showing wall-to-wall brown carpeting, white-marbled bathrooms, and a painting of beach palm trees hanging in the living room.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The 5,000-square-foot store and gallery will benefit from the street’s dense foot traffic and its proximity to the Museum of Contemporary Art and other cultural institutions.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Mussels, for instance, create strong underwater adhesives and fibers through dense protein droplets.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Massed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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