Thesaurus results for PULP

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verb

Definition of pulp

as in to mash

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

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The proprietary alkaline pulping method used to produce its lyocell is cleaner and more efficient than traditional chemical approaches, lowering the environmental footprint from the start while improving production efficiency. — Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025 There is enough current in the lakes to float logs, and there was pulping activity somewhere above us. — Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025

Noun

The character could be shaded as having been an early prototype for pulp heroes such as The Shadow and even later, Batman. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 But the seeds are abrasive and, over time, wore down the foragers’ teeth so much that inner pulp chambers were exposed. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pulp

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Cody Bellinger has mashed Peralta in the past, going 6-for-14 against him.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Green Day influence, or maybe early ‘80s new wave mashed together.

— Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of mash

Noun

In Cusk’s first novel after the blockbuster Outline trilogy, a woman invites an artist to stay at her home on a marsh, and things unravel from there.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Strong acting turns by Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin help director Brian Duffield make a meal of a seemingly unfilmable novel about a sour young man swallowed by a whale.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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Dodgers three-peat dream dies Milwaukee completed a four-game sweep of the Dodgers with a crushing 6-4 win Thursday at Dodger Stadium.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Oregano, garlic powder, and crushed red pepper add a deeper savory element to the cream cheese base.

— Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of crush

Noun

Now that the industry is moving from AI that makes text and images to AI that takes actions, via agents that can shop on people’s behalf, the stakes are much higher.

— Rumman Chowdhury, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
Club members, check your texts and email inboxes for our full Club earnings analysis alerts on Goldman and Wells Fargo, as well as J & J coming in soon.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of text

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But in recent years, the shows have become money losers and the network TV business — faced with a decline in viewers that is squeezing profits — are cutting them loose.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
However, rising costs for housing, food, fuel and insurance coupled with cooling employment rends and the lowest consumer sentiment in a decade is squeezing discretionary spending.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeeze

Noun

After an eight-play, 71-yard jaunt by the Rams tied the game at 27 with seven minutes and 14 seconds to go, the teams traded especially textbook scoring drives.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
At times, the photographs have the glossy, didactic quality of the figures in a textbook.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of textbook

Noun

The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
The show is structured as a horror story anthology for adult puppetry fans, featuring an array of gothic costumes, different puppetry styles and lots of music played by a band of Dreadfuls risen out of the graveyard.

— Benjamin Carr, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of anthology

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