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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
Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
The crux will be whether Taiwan can operate, reconstitute, and adapt these weapons systems under actual fire, when blockades, cyberattacks, and massed PLA strikes stress every node of the island’s defense network.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Peasants massed in armed bands in one region, then another, and rebellion would break out even in areas far away.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Thousands of Filipinos massed in the capital on the main Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, a historic highway known by its acronym EDSA, many either clad in white or wearing a white ribbon, and braving extreme heat and rain.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 Sep. 2025
Russia and Ukraine exchange massed drone and missile strikes on a nightly basis.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
State troopers massed around him; later, he was led out of the capitol in handcuffs.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
The compact form of 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia is well suited to patio containers and looks fabulous massed as a tall groundcover or natural hedge.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
Adjective
Even as Russia massed an invasion force of 150,000 troops positioned in Russia, Belarus, and Crimea in early 2022, many European leaders refused to believe an invasion was imminent.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
The crux will be whether Taiwan can operate, reconstitute, and adapt these weapons systems under actual fire, when blockades, cyberattacks, and massed PLA strikes stress every node of the island’s defense network.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Peasants massed in armed bands in one region, then another, and rebellion would break out even in areas far away.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Thousands of Filipinos massed in the capital on the main Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, a historic highway known by its acronym EDSA, many either clad in white or wearing a white ribbon, and braving extreme heat and rain.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 Sep. 2025
Russia and Ukraine exchange massed drone and missile strikes on a nightly basis.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
State troopers massed around him; later, he was led out of the capitol in handcuffs.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
The compact form of 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia is well suited to patio containers and looks fabulous massed as a tall groundcover or natural hedge.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massed
Verb
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Slowly, gaining confidence at shooting and interviewing, Pencic accumulated remarkable material from all kinds of places, shooting for four months, always, somehow, after dark.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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At a higher level, the data accumulated by eBird has been used by researchers to better understand bird distribution, gain deeper understanding of migration patterns, model population trends and predict bird populations over time.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But New York will be hard-pressed to make the playoffs with second-year stud WR Malik Nabers out for the season due to a torn ACL.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The feet remained pressed against her seat for hours.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Other big stories ➤ More than 350 residents from Marana and surrounding southern Arizona communities gathered to criticize Management and Training Corporation's refusal to communicate on whether a shuttered state prison will return as an ICE detention center.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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In response to the deployment, several hundred protesters gathered outside the base.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Add the scotch and Calvados and some crushed ice, and stir about 10 to 15 seconds, until a small frost begins to show on the outside of the mug.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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The material is man-made from crushed quartz crystals combined with binders like resin and pigments for color.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But after withering on the Houston bench for two years in an overcrowded forward rotation, he’s primed for a leap in Year 3.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The site became overcrowded and used controversial treatments such as electroshock and insulin coma therapy, according to local reports, and since its abandonment, many visitors report paranormal activity in the former ward buildings.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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No one had lined us up in serried, uniform ranks, no one had demanded an oath or a membership—or anything more than the spirit of DIY.—
Jonathan Myerson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 May 2020
Adjective
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Fubo is the place for wall-to-wall college football coverage.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Thornton is working on a beach condo with a throwback modernist vibe, and while most of the flooring is terrazzo, her team used plush wall-to-wall carpets for the bedrooms in shades of periwinkle, lilac and mint.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Have a Veggie and Bean Breakfast Hash Mixing potatoes, bell pepper, spinach, zucchini, mushrooms, and black beans into a fiber-rich breakfast hash is a colorful and nutrient-dense way to start your day.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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The confounding discovery of a human femur has created a mystery in the dense woods of rural North Carolina.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Massed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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