as in accumulating
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 massing
Space plants three feet apart for massing in borders and beds or to plant a low hedge.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
Small clusters of troops from Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands are massing for joint military exercises with Denmark.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
In November 2021, while massing troops along its border with Ukraine, Russia threatened to cripple GPS if NATO got in the way.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Chief architect Ana Costa—working with Pedro Domingos and João Favila Meneses—designed the buildings with natural materials like wood and stone and kept massing low to follow the site’s topography.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
While sargassum plays an important ecological role in the open ocean, its massing onshore has become a serious problem.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Among other things, the Intuitive Machines lander contains a mini data center, massing just 1 kilogram and containing 8 terabytes of SSD storage.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Feb. 2025
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
Small clusters of troops from Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands are massing for joint military exercises with Denmark.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
In November 2021, while massing troops along its border with Ukraine, Russia threatened to cripple GPS if NATO got in the way.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Chief architect Ana Costa—working with Pedro Domingos and João Favila Meneses—designed the buildings with natural materials like wood and stone and kept massing low to follow the site’s topography.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
While sargassum plays an important ecological role in the open ocean, its massing onshore has become a serious problem.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Among other things, the Intuitive Machines lander contains a mini data center, massing just 1 kilogram and containing 8 terabytes of SSD storage.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massing
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The weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for northern Rhode Island, saying the region could get up to 3 inches of anow and sleet accumulations, as well as accumulating ice, according to the weather service.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
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Coastal storm, accumulating snow could impact Maryland Sunday Saturday appears to be the pick day of the weekend, ahead of what could be a wintry Sunday.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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And his lament over the pain of farewells likely will be felt by many of the athletes gathering Sunday for the Olympic closing ceremony at Arena di Verona, a 1st century Roman amphitheater.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The rules committee will come up with proposals at its meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, then spend the next month gathering feedback before final decisions in March.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The account went viral, amassing a massive following of people drawn to Ellie’s golden glow.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Feb. 2026
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Three days after the drone incident, Russia hosted the Zapad (West) military exercises in Belarus, amassing thousands of troops at the Polish border for defense simulations.—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Massing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massing. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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