pulp 1 of 2

as in to mash
to cause to become a pulpy mass pulped three oranges to get their juice

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noun

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Art mavens from all over the world soon were flocking to La Coleccion Jumex, where, adjacent to pulping and pasteurization vats, López showed his rapidly growing collection of works by Mexican as well as American and European artists. James Reginato, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024 Thus began a tale of abandonment and rescue as several, successive influential admirers saved the book from pulping. Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
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The secret ingredient is CelluClay, a product that's made of recycled paper pulp. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025 When ripe, the pulp is ideal for baking. Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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  • In a mortar and pestle, mash the anchovies and garlic into a paste.
    Katie Parla, Saveur, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso mashed their way through the National League East for the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets for years.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Amid the second surge of the virus, in August 2020, the first ‘covid novel’ arrived—Ali Smith’s Summer, the last of a seasonal quartet, written during Britain’s early lockdown, which includes real-time descriptions of the pandemic’s onset.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Lee is in his bookstore, reading Walter Tevis’ novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, as Dale (Tim Blake Nelson) browses the shelves.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • Wrappers and crushed soda cans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • White people organized a brutal resistance against Black citizenship, deploying violence and terror to crush Reconstruction.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2025
  • These works invite active listening, just as Practical Criticism rewards the reader with an enhanced appreciation of the text.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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  • The polls had him on top for months, and his decision to focus his mayoral campaign on cost-of-living issues proved to be the right one in a city where residents are increasingly squeezed between growing rents and ever costlier public services.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Aid is declining and rising debt is squeezing public budgets.
    Obiageli Ezekwesili, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Entertaining is a discipline, one worthy of study, and this is its textbook.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This month, young readers can curl up with nonfiction explorations of the galaxy, thumb through an old astronomy textbook with a fresh new story to tell, or experience the peace of being (almost) alone on the moon.
    Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Alfred Hitchcock turned one of Woolrich’s novelettes into Rear Window, for which Woolrich was paid the grand sum of $650.
    Sam Kashner, Air Mail, 12 Apr. 2025
  • What began as an audio-only novelette (drawing on el-Mohtar’s own experience with the harp) has transformed into a novella with illustrations: In the town of Thistleford, Hawthorn sisters Esther and Ysabel raise their voices together to sing about everything from adventure to sadness.
    Natalie Zutter January 2, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2025
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  • The anthology’s first volume explores themes of ancestral sin, family, piety and consequence.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The film follows filmmaker, cinematographer and VFX artist Martinez’s directorial work on anthologies V/H/S, V/H/S/Beyond and Southbound.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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