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compartment

[kuhm-pahrt-muhnt] / kəmˈpɑrt mənt /


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No-one in her compartment was hurt, she said, and "the train took people to Vydubychi station on the right bank, then it didn't go any further".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In an otherwise empty compartment of a regional train on its way to a small town in Germany last month, a friendly passenger asked if I was headed to Halberstadt for “the note change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

In Tesla's Model 3, for example, passengers must reach into a compartment inside the door pocket and find a release cable to manually open the rear door, according to the company's website.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Each seat, the company says, has its own overhead luggage compartment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

I help put our bags in the overhead compartment.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

The second discovery involved paraspeckles, small droplet-like compartments located inside the cell nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

A lot of Arasheben’s rings have James Bond elements such as secret compartments or special elements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Take, for example, the viral “snackle box,” which contains multiple compartments to hold everything from your favorite packaged snacks and candies to cut up fruit and vegetables.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

These frozen meals were arranged in heat-and-serve aluminum trays with three compartments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

One by one the passengers brushed their teeth in the vestibule, changed into their pajamas, fastened the curtain around their compartments, and went to sleep.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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