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Definition of pulpsnext
present tense third-person singular of pulp
as in mashes
to cause to become a pulpy mass pulped three oranges to get their juice

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pulps

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noun

plural of pulp

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Verb
  • This showstopper of a dessert mashes up the bold caffeinated flavors of classic tiramisu with the perfectly wobbly, creamy perfection of panna cotta.
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • One video pairs photos of Trump with the swooning sound of a Taylor Swift song; another mashes up a video snippet of the comedian Theo Von and shots of immigrants getting deported.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
    Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • While many of the Williams wannabes came from near and far, there were a few Caleb crushes in the crowd.
    Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Continue reading … HOUSTON HITS HARD – Steelers' playoff nightmare continues as Texans defense crushes Rodgers in rout.
    , FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Jo Brand squashes one of hers, David Baddiel tries to eat his, while Rose Matafeo and Ed Gamble rip theirs to shreds and Katy Wix overestimates the naturalism of holding a hard hat under one arm for an extended period of time.
    Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Reading it in textbooks is intimidating.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2026
  • At many community colleges, this has meant compensating faculty members to develop textbooks and other course materials that will be freely available to students.
    Austin Barraza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • This example of the latter skillfully squeezes a comfortable home for two into a single shipping container.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2026
  • As the moon follows an elliptical path, Saturn’s gravity stretches and squeezes it.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The proposal is part of a statewide reading list the Texas Education Agency created under House Bill 1605, a 2023 law that aims to give students a more consistent set of texts across grade levels.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Melvin Williams, a professor of communication and media studies at Pace University, says the spiteful nature of Swift and Lively's texts doesn't reflect well on either woman − and both have probably lost some fans as a result.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Long the purview of classrooms and anthologies, the canon is now of interest to the state itself.
    Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The pleasure, as with the unpredictable FX not-quite-anthologies Atlanta and Reservation Dogs, is in never knowing what each compact episode will bring.
    Judy Berman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Pulps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulps. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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