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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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noun

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Verb
The two primary methods are the washed (wet) process, where cherries are pulped, fermented, and washed to remove the mucilage before drying, and the natural (dry) process, where cherries are dried whole with the fruit intact, allowing the beans to absorb fruity flavors. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Its supreme qualities shine brightest when the fruit is freshly pulped, possessing a bewitching, complex tartness that’s audaciously floral with a hint of salinity. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2024
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Using a spoon, gently scoop out seeds and excess pulp from each slice. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 June 2026 The textile recycler restarted production at its industrial-scale facility in Ortviken, Sweden in February and regrouped with Finnish material innovator Spinnova in March to use its cellulose-rich dissolving pulp as feedstock in Spinnova’s ecosystem to produce new textile fibers. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pulp
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  • They can be mixed into soups or stews, mashed to make butter bean dip, incorporated into salads, or added to dishes with ground meat, such as tacos.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 June 2026
  • WestJet’s first took flight in 1996 while Tool Shed first mashed in in 2012.
    Don Tse, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Organizing an exhibition is more like editing an anthology than writing a novel.
    Lonnie G. Bunch III, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • The film also looks at the parallel career of author John Steinbeck, who wrote often of migrant workers in California, culminating in his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
    Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2026
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  • The team’s findings suggest that crushing concrete and exposing it to air during recycling or shallow burial could dramatically improve its ability to immobilize radioactive contaminants.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • The vineyard’s primary business is growing and crushing grapes to produce bulk wine for these buyers, some of which are also managing the Canadian market loss.
    Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • There may be some differences between the audio and the text.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The search for the opening song stretched into the final weeks before filming, with Kittrell, Dries and pilot director Jason Moore trading ideas over text.
    Angelina Mazza, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
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  • As artificial intelligence transforms the job market and rising living costs squeeze family budgets, the University of California system is making the case that its degrees remain valuable investments.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Breweries may not have the budget or staff to create art and with rising costs squeezing small businesses, many breweries started to feature obvious generative AI art prominently as a way to talk about events or create content.
    Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Entomologists actually still use his textbook and it’s considered a bible of Filipino mosquitoes.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • In the afternoon, students will partake in book clubs that read novels — a dying art in traditional public schools, driven in part by the increasing popularity of literacy curriculum programs that favor textbooks with short reading passages over whole books.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Alfred Hitchcock turned one of Woolrich’s novelettes into Rear Window, for which Woolrich was paid the grand sum of $650.
    Sam Kashner, Air Mail, 12 Apr. 2025
  • What began as an audio-only novelette (drawing on el-Mohtar’s own experience with the harp) has transformed into a novella with illustrations: In the town of Thistleford, Hawthorn sisters Esther and Ysabel raise their voices together to sing about everything from adventure to sadness.
    Natalie Zutter January 2, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It was also published as a booklet, in another journal, and included in an anthology of Planck’s essays and lectures.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 28 June 2026
  • According to this year’s Emmys ballot, 31 TV series classified as limited or anthology will contend for the category’s prizes.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 June 2026

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