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amass

[uh-mas] / əˈmæs /


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Nvidia is helping amass hundreds of billions of dollars of financing for AI infrastructure.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Some Chinese companies have managed to amass clusters of Nvidia’s cutting-edge Blackwell chips.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Industry insiders say they suspect Chung is betting that a single player with deep pockets can amass a big enough fleet to push up freight prices by holding back some tankers from the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

With $1,000 in seed money, babies born over the span of 10 years could collectively amass $83 billion.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Even if I’d had the money for a new hard drive, it had taken me years to amass the music collection.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

Wide receiver Makai Lemon has a standout game for USC, which amasses 517 total yards of offense in a 45-31 victory over Michigan State to move to 4-0.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

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

Kristy Shen is a Canadian millennial who retired in her early 30s with a CAD $1 million portfolio that she amassed together with her husband by maintaining a high savings rate while renting.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Its previous leader had amassed more than $4 million in debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

He made just six shot-ending carries for Chelsea in the Premier League, having amassed 26 for Ipswich and 38 in the previous season with Hull in the Championship.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

She now watches Owens’s show, on every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and creates recap videos on her Instagram page, which has amassed nearly 100,000 followers and is regularly reposted by Owens herself.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

This was the end of the Gilded Age, a time when fortunes were amassed overnight, and the new twentieth century was awash in new money.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

On Sunday, Bloomberg reported that Mark Fischbach, a filmmaker and YouTube personality with nearly 40 million subscribers, had become the GoPro’s biggest shareholder after amassing an 8.5% stake in the company.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Chile's Joaquin Niemann was one of the most successful players on the LIV tour, amassing more than £60m in prize money.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Australia dominated the medal table by amassing 171 followed by England with 110.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The wireless carrier has focused on amassing “higher quality accounts” after introducing new plans last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

She pushed the prosecutors to go after Reggie, then took on the cause of texting and driving, amassing a binder of evidence for media and legislators.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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