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verb

amass

increase in amount by collecting or gathering

In a sentence

Six example sentences with amass, each labelled with its topic.

  • Over forty years the merchant managed to amass a library of nine thousand volumes, most of them bought at auction.

    History

  • Players amass scrap in the early hours, then trade the whole pile for a single upgrade at the workshop.

    Gaming

  • Small monthly deposits amass into a serious sum once thirty years of compounding have done their quiet work.

    Finance

  • The center amassed twenty rebounds before the fourth quarter, most of them on missed free throws.

    Basketball

  • The party amassed a war chest over four years, collecting small donations at every county fair.

    Politics

  • The survey amassed measurements from ten thousand stars before anyone was allowed to publish a single trend.

    Science

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