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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At this point in a typical year, as the seasons officially turn from winter to spring, snowpack would still be accumulating across the Mountain West.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Powell understands that the accumulation of these moments is itself a form of knowledge, and that Emily was accumulating it in real time while writing one of the strangest novels in the English language.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Rodney statue has been gathering dust in storage after being removed from public view in Delaware during the 2020 racial justice protests.—
Dan Diamond,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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Police in recent months have banned meetings or arrested people for gathering to express opposition.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Concern that Iran was amassing missiles to overwhelm defenses was a key factor in the push for war, officials said, and recent strikes laid bare Israel’s vulnerability.—
Sammy Westfall,
Washington Post,
25 Mar. 2026
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Oscar De La Hoya is another critic, pointing out that TKO has been accused of amassing too much control over MMA and the pay of athletes, and in 2024 reached a $375 million settlement to resolve antitrust allegations.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Massing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massing. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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