pulping

present participle of pulp
as in mashing
to cause to become a pulpy mass pulped three oranges to get their juice

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Recent Examples of pulping Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty Images The tank was designed to hold 900,000 gallons of a hazardous chemical known as white liquor, a chemical brew that contains sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate and is used in the paper-pulping process, officials have said. Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 31 May 2026 The proprietary alkaline pulping method used to produce its lyocell is cleaner and more efficient than traditional chemical approaches, lowering the environmental footprint from the start while improving production efficiency. Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025
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  • More often, the series borrows from the overall feeling of Dippold’s inspirations, mashing up and remixing the obsessions of a lifelong horror fan.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
  • 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
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  • The crushing win followed England's own big win at Lord's and sends the series to a decider in Nottingham starting on Thursday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • Then the two in the final three holes that sealed the crushing near-miss.
    Nick Pietruszkiewicz, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
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  • While the expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies made insurance more expensive for millions of consumers, experts say other health costs, such as prescription drugs, medical tests and hospital bills, are also squeezing consumers.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Labor, rent, insurance, utilities, equipment and packaging are all squeezing already-thin margins.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026

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“Pulping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulping. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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