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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 warehouse owners issued an ultimatum: get them out immediately or they would be pulped. Ian Johnson, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2023 Imagine a literary world without public libraries, without a New York Public Library or a Library of Congress as all-embracing book collections, in which the sole arbiters of what’s kept and what’s pulped are the publishers themselves—or the conglomerates that take them over. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 June 2023
Noun
This version has spun off into different directions, such as a far future edition and books that explore the pulp fantasy settings that inspired this style of game. Rob Wieland, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica. Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pulp 
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Verb
  • But artificial intelligence and new technology could soon make the chain gang obsolete, with an advanced system known as Hawk-Eye aspiring to make the game faster and more accurate by mashing together high-tech software with a lot of cameras.
    Brian Cheung, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Its politics were also more oblique, less recognizably ideological, and seemingly more interested in mashing together messy ideas and messy people.
    Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died on Sunday.
    Bill Trott, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The novel is the story of a French journalist and an English-speaking movie star.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But at the last minute, Israeli authorities delayed the mission, Jordanian authorities tell CNN – a crushing surprise for her family and doctors.
    Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Just this Sunday, President Donald Trump slapped a crushing 25 percent 'emergency tariff' on Colombia for blocking deportation flights.
    Isabel Schatzschneideris, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Jones gave up his cell phone, which had the same number as the calls and texts made to the victim, the complaint said.
    Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The guidance drops have stirred concerns among investors that EA can continue to squeeze growth from its tentpole FC soccer franchise in particular, which accounts for a big slice of its operating revenues.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Why Juicing Might Not Benefit the Microbiome The process of squeezing liquid from fruits and veggies, casting off its pulp, leaves one critical nutrient on the table (or, rather, in the blender): fiber.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Inclusion: School textbooks and curriculum should include not only accurate information about various educational disciplines but also information that is representative of people from various nations and races who were key contributors.
    Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
  • During a visit with primary school students in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, Melania Trump also promoted a USAID program that distributed more than 1.4 million textbooks to students.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The next year, Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo, for her novelette Folding Beijing.
    Yi-Ling Liu, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain.
    Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2018
Noun
  • Jones, who died in August 2023 after filming National Geographic’s Genius: MLK/X, played Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad on the anthology series.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The show is envisioned as an anthology series following a new historic lawman every season.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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