How to Use amass in a Sentence

amass

verb
  • They've amassed a wealth of information.
  • She’s amassed more than 130 theater, television and film credits.
    Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This power couple has been able to amass their fame and fortune through a variety of business ventures and high-profile projects.
    cleveland, 23 Apr. 2022
  • BeReal wants users to portray their lives rather than share images to amass influence, a spokesperson said.
    Dalvin Brown, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Which, for years, threw money around like a drunken sailor, all in an effort to buy up as much content as possible — to amass as large a user base as possible.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 2 May 2022
  • The data may change hands several times or seep into a broader marketplace run by data brokers, which can amass huge collections.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2022
  • The deliberate non-regulation of oil has allowed an industry to amass enormous wealth off of what—in most of the world—is treated as a kind of public good.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 12 May 2022
  • But Libs of TikTok continues to amass followers across the internet.
    Taylor Lorenz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • In the many years since he’s been gone, men have amassed on Ithaca, pressuring Queen Penelope to pick a new husband to be king, seeking access to her wealth.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But Libs of TikTok continues to amass followers across the Internet.
    Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Still other groups have looked to amass huge communities and then sell NFTs directly to their followers as a way to earn special perks or obtain special deals.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The hope was to amass water in wet times and save it for dry times.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Neely, 30, had even amassed fans outside of New York City.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Two seasons of the show have amassed over 15 million views.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
  • One copy of the movie has been up since April 28th and has amassed… 9.3 million views as of posting.
    Nilay Patel, The Verge, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The video has already amassed 7 million views in just 24 hours.
    Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • The episode has amassed nearly 45 million views on YouTube.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Patriots amassed 503 yards of offense in the loss to Athens, but fumbled the ball away twice in the fourth quarter. ...
    al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Elliott has amassed a stake that was worth as much as $2 billion.
    Amelia Lucas,rohan Goswami, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The influencer has since amassed a net worth of $1.5 million.
    Heather Hamilton, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Was that just a staged ploy to amass hype for a single that was already written?
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
  • Israel has amassed its troops on the border and begun its ground war.
    Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Israeli military has amassed its forces at the Gaza border.
    Lawahez Jabari, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The latest results, amassed over the past four years, are now painting a picture of our home as a unique place, at a unique time.
    WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The video, which was uploaded to YouTube a month later, has amassed over 170 million views.
    Taiwo Balogun, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • The pop-ups amass thousands of customers and bring in hundreds of thousands dollars in sales.
    Yola Robert, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • But none of these items has gained much traction on the internet, and the videos about them have amassed only modest views.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • This Pixar and Disney Lego set has amassed more than 3,000 five-star ratings from shoppers.
    Mia Huelsbeck, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2024
  • The song has gone viral on TikTok in recent weeks—videos about it have amassed more than 31 millions views.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • The franchise, based on a novel by Pierre Boulle, has amassed more than $1.7 billion at the worldwide box office.
    Caroline Brew, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023

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