amassed; amassing; amasses
1
: to collect for oneself : accumulate
amass a great fortune
2
: to collect into a mass : gather
must select rather than simply amass details
: to come together : assemble
Dark clouds amassed over the city.
amasser
noun
Examples of amass in a Sentence
They've amassed a wealth of information.
amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive
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Connecticut amassed its pension debt across seven decades of improper savings, ranging from 1939 through 2010, according to a 2015 study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2025
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—James Manso, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
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Athena Sobhan, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Across all episodes, the Netflix series amassed a whopping 3.1B minutes viewed, which Nielsen says is a new weekly record for the series.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Connecticut amassed its pension debt across seven decades of improper savings, ranging from 1939 through 2010, according to a 2015 study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2025
Currently, the brand has amassed 18,000 five-star reviews on its website, and the launch of its Restoring Hair and Edge Drops hit the product’s first-year projections within the first month of the launch.
—James Manso, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amass. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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