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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
The cusps on their teeth, paleontologists have noticed, represent precursors of the broad, grinding molars that later elephants would rely on to pulp vegetation. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025 The white pulp’s taste is a melange of apple and cucumber and it may be eaten raw or cooked. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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Verb
  • Mervis mashed another long ball in the Marlins’ 11-4 rout of the Nationals at loanDepot park Sunday afternoon, crushing reliever Jorge Lopez’s 94-mph fastball 411 feet over the center-field wall as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Even Enrique Hernández and Will Smith are mashing the covering off the ball.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • The trio is set to lead the streamer’s forthcoming Pride and Prejudice adaptation, a six-part limited-series take on Jane Austen’s beloved novel, TVLine has confirmed.
    Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Flanagan has adapted numerous novels from King in the past, including The Life of Chuck, The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • The other wildcard for Apple is what Europe will do in the form of retaliatory measures for what Trump announced last Wednesday evening that crushed the stock market on Thursday and Friday.
    Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Atlanta Braves were recently dealt a crushing blow when outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for PEDs.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 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  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
  • But as seen in the proposal scene, the liberties Wright takes with the text lends to the appeal of his adaptation.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For years, researchers have been experimenting with quantization techniques that squeeze their neural network weights into smaller memory envelopes.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Consumer confidence has taken a nosedive in 2025 as Americans grow more concerned that inflation could spike again, and tariffs will squeeze their wallets.
    Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In this respect, keep in mind that according to textbook theory, returns and risk should be positively correlated, not the reverse.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The textbook first thing that businesses do in response to economic uncertainty is to protect their balance sheet to hold onto as much money as possible for a rainy day down the road.
    Justin Worland, Time, 4 Apr. 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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  • The anthology series features stand-alone episodes that follow characters in a dystopian future.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Since then, no anthology series have cracked the nomination lineup.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025

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

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