Verb (used with object) : to amass a huge amount of money. ,He amassed his papers for his memoirs.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : crowds amassing for the parade.    From Dictionary.com. 

Wisconsin amassed 311 yards and a 17-0 lead in the first half, leaving little doubt that Alvarez would get to celebrate another big win.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

What’s become of the money amassed is a completely different issue, however.    From Wordnik.com.  [File sharing is interactive radio] Reference

Kaka amassed 193 appearances and 70 goals in his six years with the rossoneri and won 1 Scudetto, 1 Champions League, 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Italy] Reference

The idea that "political power" should be "amassed" by any one religious group in America's history is, by itself, a scary proposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Standaert: War and the Wayward] Reference

You mean the coins amassed by a usurer?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soprano Sorceress]

So the investment bank which employs 25,500 staff has "amassed" a bonus pool of £1. 7bn which equated to around £66k each on average.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Levelling allegations against Mann, Khanna said Mann had "amassed" funds to promote the movement of "Khalistan" to disturb peace in Punjab.    From Wordnik.com.  [PunjabNewsline News] Reference

Certainly folk hereabouts seem to have "amassed" things, and to have known how to do so. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Through Russia] Reference

Researchers haven't amassed a lot of data on those issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are Stogies Safer Than Cigarettes?] Reference

I amassed 1,200 flying hours, most spent practicing for Armageddon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practicing For Armageddon] Reference

Most of the people sued last week had amassed huge music libraries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe: Off The Radar] Reference

Western exiles have already amassed a remarkable degree of political power.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Exiles Return] Reference

In the process, he'd become fabulously wealthy himself and amassed great power.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Big Boatload of Ego] Reference

The first: know how much money you want to have amassed by the time you retire.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Guide To Managing Your 401(K)] Reference

The Irvine Ranch's owners have amassed huge fortunes through their financial acumen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reckless in the O.C.] Reference

Americans have amassed a staggering federal debt coupled with a severe economic situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Get Ready, Get Set] Reference

Celera trumpets that it has amassed DNA sequences covering 90 percent of the human genome.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gold Rush] Reference

At the excavated site in Xian, visitors look down on a pit holding 7,000 amassed warriors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long March] Reference

Since 1986, NCI has amassed close to 100,000 plant and marine samples from around the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [PHARMACY ISLAND] Reference

She's amassed a huge campaign war chest and is regarded as a sure bet for re-election this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking Through The Ultimate Glass Ceiling] Reference

"Every Chinese dynasty amassed the art works of the past to legitimize its reign," says Chuang Shen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unburied Treasures] Reference

In March, William Farley defaulted on loans he amassed while trying to swallow West Point-Pepperell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons For The Little Guy] Reference

In the wake of the recent furor over ICL, Cheney amassed CD4 counts for 873 patients he's seen since 1989.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aids Or Chronic Fatigue?] Reference

Using a laptop and a portable projector, Luntz reviewed the numbers he had amassed for Britain's Channel Four TV.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living Politics: Will The Next Churchill Please Stand Up] Reference

Most has been amassed since 1994, when the government began issuing bonds to pay for huge pave-and-build stimulus packages.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Next Quake Is Close] Reference

In recent years, researchers have amassed a boatload of evidence linking C. pneumoniae to arterial disease (NEWSWEEK, April 28).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart Attackers] Reference

Though his career was derailed in the '80s by clinical depression, he amassed a filmography of more than 100 movie and TV credits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transition] Reference

They amassed data on 1.5 million women born over a period of 43 years, and their findings should bring a worldwide sigh of relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Connection] Reference

Making the rounds of newly privatized factories, he bought up shares from individual workers until he amassed a controlling stake.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘There Will Be Bankruptcies’] Reference

Because consumers stopped spending only briefly after September 11, they have not amassed the savings that normally fuel recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talking Our Way To Recovery] Reference

Their main target has been ongoing corruption; too many former military leaders amassed enormous wealth to take them all on at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting Fake Drugs] Reference