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pulp

[puhlp] / pʌlp /
ADJECTIVE
cheap, vulgar, especially regarding reading material
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VERB
mash, pulverize
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STRONG
open uncompress


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Sulfuric acid is used to produce phosphate fertilizers, leach copper and other metals from rock, pulp wood, pickle steel, tan leather and vulcanize rubber.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Cellulose acetate, from which the clips are made, comes from cellulose sourced from wood pulp or cotton.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

It has also achieved the breakthrough of managing to use the pulp, which makes up the bulk of a diaper, to make new ones.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It’s clear that George has married above himself, but his shortcomings come off as risible rather than oppressive, and it’s hard not to feel protective of him as he’s being pummeled to a pulp.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

“I give up,” shouted the tormented man and went off to his work in the pulp magazine house.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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