pulp 1 of 2

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
On their fourth studio album, The Technicolors dish out juicy, intoxicating rock 'n' roll — all served with extra pulp. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025 This set also includes special cards that evoke the aesthetic of posters for early sci-fi B-movies and covers of pulp magazines. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Art mavens from all over the world soon were flocking to La Coleccion Jumex, where, adjacent to pulping and pasteurization vats, López showed his rapidly growing collection of works by Mexican as well as American and European artists. James Reginato, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024 Thus began a tale of abandonment and rescue as several, successive influential admirers saved the book from pulping. Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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Verb
  • Christian Moore mashed a two-run homer, and two batters later, Denzer Guzman hit a solo blast as the Angels took a 3-2 lead.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Add 1 cup of the beans to the bowl and mash the beans with a potato masher or large spatula until smooth.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Based on Yann Martel’s bestselling novel, which became an Oscar-winning film directed by Ang Lee (who won one of those Oscars), the play has, likewise, been extremely well-received.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Each attempt at a novel has ended in disaster—illness, misfortune, or worse.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Process cookies in a food processor until crushed into very fine crumbs, about 45 seconds.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
  • When Rabbit asks to be the one to adopt Stacey after her graduation, Evelyn abusively rejects the notion and Rabbit is crushed.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There was enough equipment to send 30 million anonymous texts per minute -- more than enough to bring the region's interconnected phone systems to its knees, according to the Secret Service.
    Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How To Cut Okra Properly When choosing okra, pick pods that are firm but give slightly when squeezed, with a bright, even color.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • No more than the width of a credit card, bed bugs can squeeze behind electrical outlets, along window frames, under loose wallpaper and even in the head of a screw.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No one has textbooks; backpacks are a rarity.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Sharing some locations, but no aesthetic aspirations, with Netflix’s Ripley, Hotel Costiera is a textbook example for how something can be beautiful without being beautifully photographed.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
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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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  • At the same time, the Edinburgh publishers Oliver and Boyd brought out an anthology called The Door of Youth—A Selection of Poems from Edinburgh School Magazines, with a discouraging preface by John Buchan.
    Frances Wilson September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The three anthology segments are being directed by Shugo Praico, Joey De Guzman and Ian Loreños.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.

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