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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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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
It all gets turned into pulp, and new tissue will be created. Meghan Davy Sandvold, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025 The wet pulp used in that material has to be dried, however, which requires both time and energy. New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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  • If meat isn’t on the menu, this handy tool can mix and mash up other foods, including fruits for jam.
    Amber Guetebier, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2025
  • No new monsters, no new weapons, just more mazes to mash through.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In Panem, the setting for The Hunger Games which is a fictional post-apocalyptic version of North America, even Katniss and Peeta view a Capitol-cut version of Haymitch's games 25 years later, with no trace of the rebel plan detailed in this novel.
    Dhanika Pineda, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Literature too served as touchpoints, from Edith Wharton novels to Gertrude Stein’s 1914 book Tender Buttons.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
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  • Locals can try the Costa Brava, which contains clams, crab, pancetta, tomatoes, crushed chili and lemon.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 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
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  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 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
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  • Tension headaches are the most common type, and can feel like a band is squeezing your forehead, with pain extending to your scalp and neck, per the US National Library of Medicine.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Goldman Sachs previously estimated these tariffs could push inflation up by 1 percent while squeezing U.S. company profits and provoking retaliatory measures from other countries.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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
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  • 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
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  • 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

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“Pulp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulp. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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