verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
acquire/assemble/amass a collection formal
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The two men amassed a remarkable collection of medieval manuscripts.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
collection
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The Lewins amassed the collection over more than 40 years.
fortune
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On arrival in the New World, Tawell's wife found that her husband had amassed an immense fortune .
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How did you amass such a fortune ?
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Soon, John Piper had amassed a considerable fortune .
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He was a career civil servant who had allegedly amassed a fortune .
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His father, of Gipton, Leeds, said his son had amassed a fortune .
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I was beyond fury at this little creature, who had spoiled my chances at amassing a fortune of pink clay.
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Before the end of the Interregnum he had amassed a modest fortune and had begun styling himself gentleman.
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Before he was jailed in 1995 for six years for indecent assault, Allen amassed a multimillion-dollar fortune .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During the course of her lifetime, Mrs. Boone amassed over $5 million.
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Over the years he had amassed an absolute fortune.
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The Lewins amassed their art collection over more than 40 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had time to amass a large repertoire of 32 concertos and many dozens of solo works.
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His father, of Gipton, Leeds, said his son had amassed a fortune.
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How did you amass such a fortune?
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In Loreauville, Louisiana, twenty Republicans, mostly blacks, entered the city cheering and shouting profanities at the amassed Democrats.
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On arrival in the New World, Tawell's wife found that her husband had amassed an immense fortune.
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Riordan has already amassed nearly $ 2 million in campaign contributions.
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The sheer weight of dicta amassed was intimidating, but Mr. Ashworth conceded he could find no authority actually binding on me.
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Under the old system many women amass secret savings unbeknown to their husbands.