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verb

Definition of pulpnext
as in to mash
to cause to become a pulpy mass pulped three oranges to get their juice

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pulp

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noun

as in novel

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Recent Examples of pulp
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
Circ’s poly-cotton textile waste pulp will be sent to Birla, which will turn it into a fiber. — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025 Canada’s initial $21 billion worth of retaliatory tariffs have been applied on items like American orange juice, peanut butter, coffee, appliances, footwear, cosmetics, motorcycles and certain pulp and paper products. — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulp
  1. mash
  2. novel
  3. crush
  4. text
  5. squeeze
  6. textbook
  7. novelette
  8. anthology
Verb
  • Japanese potato salad’s most important and unique distinction is its texture: The potatoes are mashed, so that the salad is almost creamy (and the potatoes and dressing almost meld), studded with the crunch of fresh or pickled vegetables.
    — Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Pani puri consists of small hollow spheres made with either wheat or semolina flour and filled with curry-spiced chickpeas and potatoes, which are often mashed into a chunky paste.
    — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of mash
Noun
  • The 1981 novel of the same name told of a lovable St. Bernard named Cujo who, after being bitten by a bat, becomes a mouth-foaming killer.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
  • With love and loss, inspiration and indignation, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is a folk tale, a small-town barroom yarn, a gothic novel, and a ghost story.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of novel
Verb
  • Related article An Olympic dream crushed, an elite career derailed.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But that still left the question of how to cover the crushing fees of a major health problem like cancer.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of crush
Noun
  • Many of the templates are limited to things like social handles, split-screen layouts, text overlays, and vertical shorts.
    — PCMAG, PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2025
  • For the last four Sundays, the traditional blessing that the pope delivers from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square has been released as a text.
    — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of text
Verb
  • But skyrocketing home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates in the past few years have squeezed many buyers to the sidelines of the market, raising concerns that this year will see a nationwide drop in sales even during the spring homebuying season.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • This 2019 retread attempts to squeeze that same emotional response out of viewers, simply by recreating every frame through photorealistic CGI.
    — Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of squeeze
Noun
  • Calcium ions show up prominently in any good biology textbook’s list of major molecules that help cells function.
    — Steve Granick, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The abduction of Mahmoud is textbook authoritarian conduct by the MAGA regime.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of textbook
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of novelette
Noun
  • Since then, King was nominated for an Emmy in 2024 for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or anthology series or movie for her role as Harriet Sloane in Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • This standalone anthology series doesn’t exactly have a clean spot on the chronological timeline.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of anthology

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