as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for massed
Verb
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These shipments have skirted until now not only his new tariffs, including a 10 percent tax on all goods from China, but also many other tariffs that have accumulated over the years.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025 -
Late socialite and multi-hyphenate Gloria Vanderbilt was born into the uppermost echelons of American society during the 1920s, inheriting her family’s vast wealth and influence accumulated during the Gilded Age via the railroad and shipping industries.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Swiss Watch industry which just gathered at its latest annual Watches and Wonders in Geneva, is in recession.—
Stéphane JG Girod,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the end, the several dozen men gathered in the centuries-old house to pledge their allegiance to Shoufi's militia, whooping and singing while performing a battle version of a celebratory dance.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most of the public-land horses and burros that do get legally removed end up in federal holding facilities, which are now overcrowded because the government can’t give the animals away fast enough.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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Woodward was renegotiating the contract before leaving office, but the conversation stalled as the county pushed a tax measure to replace the long-outdated and overcrowded facility downtown.—
Tim Clouser,
The Washington Examiner,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2021
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The Emergency Operations Center is a large, bright room, with serried rows of wooden desks facing a wall of video screens.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2020
Adjective
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Avoid certain materials like wall-to-wall carpeting in the bathroom.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
28 July 2025
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His autobiography is wall-to-wall jokes in spite of the life-threatening subject matter.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Although rental costs have soared particularly in denser coastal cities, prices have jumped in Indianapolis too.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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It’s already been tested out successfully in dense urban areas.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Massed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massed. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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