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massed

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verb

past tense of mass
as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range

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Verb
  • Late socialite and multi-hyphenate Gloria Vanderbilt was born into the uppermost echelons of American society during the 1920s, inheriting her family’s vast wealth and influence accumulated during the Gilded Age via the railroad and shipping industries.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
  • These shipments have skirted until now not only his new tariffs, including a 10 percent tax on all goods from China, but also many other tariffs that have accumulated over the years.
    Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Swiss Watch industry which just gathered at its latest annual Watches and Wonders in Geneva, is in recession.
    Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In the end, the several dozen men gathered in the centuries-old house to pledge their allegiance to Shoufi's militia, whooping and singing while performing a battle version of a celebratory dance.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Memories of preventable overdoses, suicides, stabbings, medical neglect and overcrowded cells still haunt him.
    Zane Irwin, NPR, 9 May 2025
  • As the Trump administration ramps up its mass-deportation efforts, immigration authorities have erected a plexiglass tent at the Krome detention center in South Florida, a facility that has recently been so overcrowded that detainees have been sleeping on the floor.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The Emergency Operations Center is a large, bright room, with serried rows of wooden desks facing a wall of video screens.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
Adjective
  • Read more On Cuban TV, a dose of politics along with Pope Francis Cuban television offered wall-to-wall coverage Saturday and Sunday of Francis’ visit to Havana.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Think wall-to-wall hype: expert analysis, exclusive interviews, backstage scoops, and maybe a surprise match or two to set the tone.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The explosion in new construction projects was also allowed by the fact that the Austin city government has made building new apartments easier in recent years, rewriting zoning laws, cutting parking requirements, and encouraging dense, walkable development.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • La Jolla Walk-In Campsite The La Jolla Walk-In Campsite is a small campground in dense chaparral in Point Mugu State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
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“Massed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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