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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
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 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
Noun
Saving wet seeds from plants like tomatoes is a bit more involved, as the pulp needs to be removed before storage. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026 Egg cartons made of paperboard or pulp are compostable and can be used in the garden, with some caveats. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pulp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulp
Verb
  • Even the slice of cold, waxy cheese, mashed into a spoonful of tartare, manages to impart a sense of cohesion and even lusciousness.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The Tigers erased an 11-point halftime deficit in the third quarter, knotting the contest at 33-33 before running out of gas — just as Bama was mashing the pedal to the floor.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Just like a novel, your bedroom is a page-by-page opportunity to embark on an adventure—and there will be many.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Bundanon Illaroo, Australia 26 mai 2025 Jeffery Renard Allen is the award-winning author of six books of fiction and poetry, including the celebrated novel Song of the Shank, which was a front-page review in both The New York Times Book Review and The San Francisco Chronicle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
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  • Ashford said part of candidates’ decisions to remain in the race could have been driven by their lengthy political careers, as well as Democrats’ crushing November redistricting victory.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Chardonnay from Burgundy has a typical bouquet of wet river rock, crushed oyster shells, and sometimes a pleasant note of petrol that hits you before going deeper to assess the fruit aromas.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Researchers say a growing number of young people are turning to AI to navigate social situations — drafting rejection texts, decoding mixed signals and scripting difficult conversations.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The full text for this story was provided via a press release from Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
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  • This technical pivot would allow nations to squeeze every profitable drop from their own land with surgical precision, bypassing the geopolitical chaos of distant chokepoints and securing a future defined by Decentralized Techno-Resource Sovereignty.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.
    Bradley Schnell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Few resources existed for Chinese to study Greek at the time, but a new pair of introductory textbooks had been published recently by Liu Xiaofeng, the prolific translator.
    Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Museum leaders say the exhibit brings together pieces of American history that many people have only read about in textbooks.
    Olivianna Calmes, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 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
  • Netflix is dishing out a second serving of A24‘s Beef, teasing a first look at the sophomore season of Lee Sung Jin‘s anthology.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Beef was created by Lee Sung Jin, who serves as showrunner and executive produces the anthology series alongside season one stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong and season two stars Mulligan, Isaac, Melton and Spaeny.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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