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
The Dutch version of Endgame that includes the names has been pulled and pulped. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The warehouse owners issued an ultimatum: get them out immediately or they would be pulped. Ian Johnson, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2023
Noun
There are several different manners of using teeth to identify a person; the DNA from the pulp chamber can be extracted and used to crossmatch and identify a victim. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 Pour the nut milk through a fine mesh strainer or a nut milk bag to remove the pulp (the hazelnut pulp is fantastic stirred into pancake or muffin batter) and store the milk in a jar, shaking well before each use. Laura McLively, Mercury News, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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Verb
  • Reviving could be a simple interact button, or even interacting and then mashing the interact button until the revive meter was full.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Remove 1 cup of banana slices to a small bowl; mash well with a fork.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • From a serious threat linking back to a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter to Ethan’s obsession with a full-fledged medieval knight costume, these elements may have worked in Burke’s novel, but simply do not translate well on screen.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 May 2025
  • Yet the show built around him — Dept. Q, a new Netflix series adapted from the Danish noir novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen — turns out to be startlingly likable, and also sad, and funny, and scary, and thrilling.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • After collapsing under the weight of 130 points in a crushing Game 4 loss, Tom Thibodeau’s squad regrouped and unleashed an inspired performance at that end of the court to fend off elimination.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
  • Ulta Beauty — The beauty retailer’s shares rallied 9% after the firm raised its annual profit forecast and crushed expectations with its quarterly results.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 May 2025
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  • The father of two had told the boy’s mother via text that the child hurt himself while riding his bike, the L.A. County district attorney’s office said in a May 2023 statement.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
  • Images of the orb show a silver-colored sphere about the size of a bowling ball covered in what appears to be foreign text and drawings.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.
    Colleen Slevin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
  • In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.
    Angela Jackson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The first featured an actor delivering a polished, textbook explanation of Newton’s laws.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
  • The retirement apparatus, layered over decades of tech and regulation, is textbook complex.
    Miguel Kudry, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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
  • Graphic novelettes issued by the U.S. Army Cyber Institute aim to educate soldiers about digital threats Stephen Cass 23 Mar 2018 3 min read Stephen Cass is the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2018
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  • The anthology series is based on real-life cases of women who make the extreme decision to kill, and each episode details the reasons that led up to that.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 27 May 2025
  • Peacock has yet to find its footing as an Emmy player, and Rian Johnson’s anthology series seems to be suffering for it.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 May 2025

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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