pulping

Definition of pulpingnext
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 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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Verb
  • 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
  • Credit those 4,000-plus pounds of curb weight with mashing down bumpy roads into something more pleasant.
    Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • His win in Istanbul in 2019 represented a crushing blow to Erdogan, whose own political ascent began as the city’s mayor.
    Beril Akman, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
  • For too many New Yorkers, a single emergency can mean eviction or crushing debt.
    Tiffany Caban, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Other business leaders have trialed, but then dialed back, four-day work week experiments after seeing the strain of squeezing five days of work into four.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The business has been brutal for the last couple of years — the pandemic, the strikes, the profit squeezing that led to a bunch of reduced production.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026

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“Pulping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulping. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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