masses 1 of 2

plural of mass

masses

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mass
as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range

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Noun
  • The Kansas City Star 816-234-4431 Eric Adler, at The Star since 1985, has the luxury of writing about any topic or anyone, focusing on in-depth stories about people at both the center and on the fringes of the news.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The new initiative also underscores Coach’s grounding purpose, the Courage to Be Real, a platform created to inspire people to confidently explore all the facets of their identity.
    Mecca Pryor, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • After allies use Basic ATK or Ultimate to attack enemy targets, every enemy target hit additionally accumulates 3 Grit Value for allies.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Three-way ties are determined by the lowest amount of seed points a team accumulates in its pool play victories.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The pontiff, who had been facing major health issues in the past several weeks, used an aide, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, to deliver his Easter Sunday speech to a crowd gathered at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • According to the Smithsonian, crowds spent the day viewing the animals, picnicking, and, especially popular with children, participating in the Annual Easter Egg Roll on what’s known as Lion and Tiger Hill at the zoo.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Dorothy's entourage accompanying her through Oz includes the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow, much like Michelle's trek gathers the Kid Cosmo robot, Keats, and the quirky size-swapping 'bot called Herman.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The department gathers nationwide education data, informing policy decisions and identifying achievement gaps.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In Weill’s opinion, composers educated in the classical tradition had lost touch with the broader public and sunk into obscurantism.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Given the isolationist tendencies of the U.S. public and Congress in the pre-war years—best exemplified by passage of the neutrality laws in the mid 1930s—Roosevelt’s ability to counter the economic autarky and expansionist aims of fascist Germany, Italy, and Japan was severely limited.
    Time, Time, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In contrast to the anti-immigrant rhetoric emanating from the White House, the survey of 800 California voters portrays a populace that values the contributions of immigrants, regardless of legal status, and believes their well-being is intertwined with a well-functioning state.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Their exodus leaves behind a populace that, like in the Weimar Republic, dismisses each authoritarian advance as temporary, necessary—or even more astonishing, somehow contained.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After Lula took office, a mob of some four thousand Bolsonaro supporters gathered in the same plaza where Wanderley later blew himself up.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • There’s a, well, creepy scene with a mob of Creepers, which are essentially dead-eyed plant creatures.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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