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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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On the left, a female South Park figure in Renaissance Dutch dress delivers a monologue on artistic patronage pulled from pulp-fiction reviews, art history texts, and books of poetry. Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Grown-ups bring a ladder to climb into the enormous fruit, kids gather up their inflatable toys, someone makes a waterslide out of a piece of rind, and the whole community spends the day splashing in the juice and pulp (being careful to remove the seeds first). Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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Verb
  • Severance star Zach Cherry hit the Deadline Studio at SXSW London this week with director Jason James to discuss genre-mashing romcom-thriller-noir All Night Wrong which premiered at the festival.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 June 2026
  • The 20-year-old infielder is also capable of mashing against both right- and left-handed pitching.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Echoing the disorientation of grief, the novel doesn’t take the form of a straightforward story, but rather a mosaic of flashbacks, anecdotes, and reflections.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Based on the bestselling novel by Bart Baker, Honeymoon with Harry follows a rough-around-the-edges man (Gyllenhaal) who ends up sharing an unwanted journey with his fiancée’s prickly, overprotective father (Costner) after a life-altering turn upends their plans.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Inland Empire cities in the path of the notorious San Andreas fault haven’t ordered the retrofit or demolition of old brick buildings, which could rain debris capable of crushing pedestrians, cars and buses with deadly force onto sidewalks and streets during shaking.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The largest eastern elk would have weighed up to a thousand pounds, and a stomp or kick from that powerful animal was fatal; the skulls of dogs and wolves would be crushed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Even worse, some streams lag so far behind live that a text from a friend or app notification spoils a game-changing goal.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
  • Match lets two consenting partners start a video chat in the middle of a text conversation.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Attendees seemed keen to squeeze as much networking as possible out of the gala, often chatting with their associates and neighbors during speakers’ remarks.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 6 June 2026
  • Fuel supplies squeezed Russian emergency services acknowledged Saturday that a fire had broken out at the oil depot in Krasnodar.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • The combination of too much demand chasing too little supply is the textbook definition for inflation—and is why consumer prices have now run above the Fed’s 2% target for more than five years.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • And as certain historical incidents such as slavery, were deleted from our schools’ textbooks.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
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
Noun
  • The limited or anthology series field slipped to 31 from 33.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • Not exactly anthology but hardly contiguous narrative, Koosha’s film works best as a kind of dispatch from a troubled moment, giving us human snippets to understand what can be an abstract violence.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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