as in pressed
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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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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,
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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
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Wildlife officials tossed thousands of pounds of lettuce into the water next to the power plant as hungry manatees gathered.—
Bethany Barnes,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2025
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Russia’s defense ministry claimed that Friday’s strike had killed 85 Ukrainian and Western military officers gathered at the restaurant near the playground.—
Daria Mitiuk Finbarr O’Reilly,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The big picture: Municipal jails are chronically overcrowded and understaffed.—
Lucille Sherman,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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Cara Coleman, a Fremont third grade teacher, said in an interview that overcrowded classrooms have forced teachers to make less-than-ideal adjustments to accommodate students during the day.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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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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Mostly, though, the whole thing is a wall-to-wall goof, despite the grandeur of its mystical attraction.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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State of play: Downtown's heating up with concerts, free events and wall-to-wall basketball energy.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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The good news As solar cycle 25 is set to weaken soon, the high-energy proton soup around the planet will soon get denser again.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Massed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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