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
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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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With little promotion, Dippy has amassed 500,000 monthly and 50,000 daily active users, Jagga says, with people spending, on average, an hour on the app at a time.
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Will Knight, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
According to the Los Angeles Times, backers of Proposition 33, led by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have raised nearly $40 million; opponents, led by the California Apartment Association Issues Committee, have amassed about $75 million to defeat it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Neely, 30, had even amassed fans outside of New York City.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
And data collection spans much farther across the economy, with companies from grocery stores offering discount programs to streaming video services amassing data that others will pay for.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
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Will Knight, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
According to the Los Angeles Times, backers of Proposition 33, led by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have raised nearly $40 million; opponents, led by the California Apartment Association Issues Committee, have amassed about $75 million to defeat it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Neely, 30, had even amassed fans outside of New York City.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
And data collection spans much farther across the economy, with companies from grocery stores offering discount programs to streaming video services amassing data that others will pay for.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for amass
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amass. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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