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Definition of pulpnext
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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Verb
The two primary methods are the washed (wet) process, where cherries are pulped, fermented, and washed to remove the mucilage before drying, and the natural (dry) process, where cherries are dried whole with the fruit intact, allowing the beans to absorb fruity flavors. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Its supreme qualities shine brightest when the fruit is freshly pulped, possessing a bewitching, complex tartness that’s audaciously floral with a hint of salinity. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2024
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Using a spoon, gently scoop out seeds and excess pulp from each slice. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 June 2026 The textile recycler restarted production at its industrial-scale facility in Ortviken, Sweden in February and regrouped with Finnish material innovator Spinnova in March to use its cellulose-rich dissolving pulp as feedstock in Spinnova’s ecosystem to produce new textile fibers. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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  • They can be mixed into soups or stews, mashed to make butter bean dip, incorporated into salads, or added to dishes with ground meat, such as tacos.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 June 2026
  • WestJet’s first took flight in 1996 while Tool Shed first mashed in in 2012.
    Don Tse, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Over the course of the 2030s, the idea of telepathy will go from novel and futuristic to ubiquitous and mundane.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • The screenplay was adapted by Marguerite Roberts and Portis wrote the final scene to give the film a more positive ending than that of the novel, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
    Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2026
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  • The system has long been mired in controversy, including exam paper leaks and technical failures, placing a crushing burden on students, and financial strain on families investing everything in their children for a promise that can often appear fragile.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • When sacred places are bombed, when clergy are silenced, when believers are tortured, when religious freedom is crushed, the aggressor attempts to extinguish the living conscience of a nation.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Because the texts would be part of the curriculum, they could be included on standardized testing, potentially impacting the school district’s test record if students do not perform well.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • Following the abrupt dissolution of Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video app, Shin stressed that there are no plans to use A24’s existing IP to create GenAI tools.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 June 2026
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  • Ecuador beat Germany 2-1 in its final group-play match to squeeze into the knockout stages for just the second time, advancing as a third-place team.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • In the afternoon, students will partake in book clubs that read novels — a dying art in traditional public schools, driven in part by the increasing popularity of literacy curriculum programs that favor textbooks with short reading passages over whole books.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • From June of 2004 to July of 2006, as the subprime bubble was inflating, the Fed raised the interest rate 17 times consecutively – a textbook policy of monetary tightening, unprecedented at the time, which should have restrained credit creation.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
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  • 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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  • Lizzy Caplan is the latest addition to the debut season of Noah Hawley and Rob Mac‘s upcoming FX anthology series Far Cry.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 June 2026
  • While the numbers of comedies on the ballot stayed almost level with last year (up very slightly to 71 from 69), dramas dropped from 126 in 2025 to 110 this year, and limited/anthology series are down to 31, from 44 last year.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026

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