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amasses

  • present tense form of amass (3rd person singular).

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Our critic noted that “the exhibition amasses a remarkable range of portable abstract objects.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

William amasses a mighty army to fight Harold for the crown, and the two sides meet at the Battle of Hastings.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

No man who amasses millions can do that without being canny and far-sighted and possessing a strategic ruthlessness that he deployed on the chessboard and at the poker table as well as in the boardroom.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2023

Paul Bannick, who has written two books about woodpeckers, said the acorn woodpecker, a species common on the West Coast, often amasses thousands of the nuts for winter.

From Washington Post Feb. 7, 2023

Maybe if she amasses $4,000, her brother Marco will help her invest it in Honduras.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario