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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The Pegula family amassed a fortune in the fracking business and is perhaps most known as the principal owners of the Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres (along with tennis success).
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Mid- to late-career professionals amass knowledge from an array of life events.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adolescence now sits in fourth place in Netflix’s Most Popular English-Language TV list after amassing 114.5M views since its March 13 release.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
In just a matter of days, the post has amassed over 16,600 views and hundreds of likes at the time of writing.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Mid- to late-career professionals amass knowledge from an array of life events.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adolescence now sits in fourth place in Netflix’s Most Popular English-Language TV list after amassing 114.5M views since its March 13 release.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
In just a matter of days, the post has amassed over 16,600 views and hundreds of likes at the time of writing.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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 14 Apr. 2025.
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