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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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Imagine a literary world without public libraries, without a New York Public Library or a Library of Congress as all-embracing book collections, in which the sole arbiters of what’s kept and what’s pulped are the publishers themselves—or the conglomerates that take them over. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 June 2023 The little ticket-taker in everyone longs for hiatus, release, the distant crash of buildings tumbling down, perhaps even not so distant, but just far enough away to still keep safe while last century’s rubble is pulped. Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper's Magazine, 14 Sep. 2022
Noun
Even if access to eucalyptus pulp is limited, shoppers should at least be able to buy commercial-grade toilet paper made out of recycled paper, according to Gonzalez, who added that even commercial-grade tissue is not immune to panic buying. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024 Birla Cellulose, the pioneering pulp and fiber business of the Aditya Birla Group, continues to redefine the world of sustainable fashion and has rolled out a few innovations over the past two years, all while keeping sustainability in mind—Intellicolor, EcoSoft and SaFR. Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pulp 
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  • Gradually add ¾ cup of the hot milk, butter, salt and pepper while continuing to mash the potatoes until fluffy.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In a large mixing bowl, using the back of a spoon, mash together an egg yolk, anchovies, roasted garlic, and salt into a paste.
    Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Mann who began writing the novel was an aristocrat of art, hostile to democracy—a reactionary aesthete.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But how did novels like Liu’s overcome the disreputable status of pulp fiction and gain an international reputation as serious literature?
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Half an hour later and two blocks away, a third-grader named Cooper Stock was crossing West End Avenue at 97th Street (yes, yes, with the light and in the crosswalk), holding his father’s hand, when a cab driver whipped around the corner and crushed him to death.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The precisely contoured shell shape provides a very close fit through the instep, ankles, and heel, but with enough curvature to encompass—rather than crush—bony protrusions.
    Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The tool can modify sentences or longer sections of text to shorten or lengthen the word count, change the tone, or format it in a different way.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Although college students seem to be the most targeted with the texts, Black people of varying ages have reported receiving the messages.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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  • The investigation reveals a dismal picture of a company with a sales culture that depends on squeezing infirm and elderly patients and the government for every penny.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Often the rookie spends several minutes adjusting their chair, finding the right eye relief, and remembering their shooting form before ever squeezing the trigger for that first dry fire.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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  • During his first term, Ta advocated for cities to have easier access to existing affordable housing funds to help build and run regional homeless shelters and prevention programs, halting gas tax increases and placing the landmark civil rights case Mendez v. Westminster in California textbooks.
    Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Belichick signed her Deductive Logic textbook at the time and their first meeting was captured in a selfie, dug up by TMZ Sports.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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  • The next year, Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo, for her novelette Folding Beijing.
    Yi-Ling Liu, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain.
    Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2018
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  • Watch on Hulu Fargo Noah Hawley’s anthology series isn’t the first attempt to adapt the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning crime-comedy to the small screen (Edie Falco starred in a previous version, which was a more straightforward adaptation of the movie), but his approach was clearly the smarter move.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The ensemble cast for the anthology film includes Josh O’Connor, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Glenn Close, Cailee Spaeny, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church, along with Craig.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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