amass
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Nvidia is helping amass hundreds of billions of dollars of financing for AI infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Vaserstein, who took years to amass millions of followers with funny man-on-the-street interviews, was pleased with the success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year announced Drone Dominance, a $1.1 billion initiative to amass around 300,000 low-cost attack drones by 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
Charles’s long-range goal was to write the huge book he had intended from the beginning, including all the material and evidence he had amassed and would continue to amass about evolution by natural selection.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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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
Rogan, the exhibition amasses a remarkable range of portable abstract objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
If he amasses 223 yards passing, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford will move past Eli Manning into 10th place on the NFL’s career passing yardage list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
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
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Asher-Smith, a world champion over 200m and British record holder over both sprint distances, has amassed 22 senior international medals since making her debut in the women's 4x100m squad at the 2013 World Championships.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
As of late last month, there were roughly 7 million accounts that had amassed nearly $1.5 billion in savings for children.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
However, he amassed 50 touchdowns and nearly 5,000 yards from scrimmage, while passing for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns and rushing for 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The accompanying video, which features footage provided by Hussle’s family and new clips of Rideaux, has amassed more than 1.2 million views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Mr. Frankweiler amassed a fortune from the corn oil industry and from developing many corn products.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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The troubles have opened a rift within the extended family that for more than 150 years has controlled Brown-Forman, amassing a collective wealth that Forbes puts at $11 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Some experts have warned that amassing too much space junk around Earth could lead to a dangerous chain reaction of collisions known as the "Kessler syndrome."
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 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
Since 1990, when Dr. Strayer had begun digging into the issue of driving and attention/distraction, he’d studied the subject from numerous angles, amassing a host of papers on various nuances.
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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