massing

verb

present participle of mass
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 In October 1973, Israeli military intelligence had detailed reports of Egyptian and Syrian forces massing on the borders. — Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Trump has declared success and pressured Iran to agree to a deal to end the war, while massing new troops in the Middle East and threatening intense escalation if Tehran doesn't reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz trade route. — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026 Space plants three feet apart for massing in borders and beds or to plant a low hedge. — 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
  1. accumulating
  2. gathering
  3. amassing
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  • In our own solar system, giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn are thought to have begun rapidly accumulating their massive gaseous envelopes once their growing cores reached roughly 20 times Earth's mass.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Kraken have done a fantastic job accumulating depth and building a balanced system with a priority on skill.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of accumulating
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  • The lawyer added that according to Zhykovych, Berezovska conducted several tasks for the two men, gathering information on people of interest to them.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But gathering the real-world human data necessary to win Food and Drug Administration approval for drugs, devices, and other interventions can be an arduous task.
    — Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of gathering
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  • Having a goal to earn points to visit Morocco or take a ski trip to the Alps is likely to be more helpful than blindly amassing rewards for an overseas trip or an all-inclusive resort.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • In 2023, Gupta set a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of factices, amassing more than 3,000 in his collection ranging in value from $2,000 to $100,000.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of amassing

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