compartmentalize
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At times, it feels difficult to compartmentalize it all at once.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
The first lesson of 1901 is that speculative fever is hard to compartmentalize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The senator’s ability to compartmentalize, once his political superpower, became his ruin, morphing into outright denial.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Have you figured out how to compartmentalize what you do with System of a Down and Scars on Broadway?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
I’d been trained my entire life to compartmentalize, to give my entire focus to the situation at hand, and I leaned hard on the habits developed from years and years of study and work.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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To cope, Estrada compartmentalizes, and focuses on school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
Irene compartmentalizes and rationalizes her act; she needs to cool down, the tearoom is a breezy refuge, if one she intentionally seeks out rather than merely happens upon.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
As much as the conversation about the Packers keeps veering toward his dissatisfaction, Rodgers compartmentalizes annoyance better than most.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
He’s said that he compartmentalizes, so that if he’s with you, he’s just Dennis.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
The guide compartmentalizes U.S. history into 10 eras, from the beginnings until 1620 to contemporary $ America, and proposes two to four "standards" of what students should know about each period.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In contrast, Mr. Driscoll warned lawmakers, “our software systems are compartmentalized, isolated and ineffective against modern threats.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Instead, from the very beginning, the law compartmentalized requirements of parental involvement in some contexts and inconsistently applied those requirements in others.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2026
At the system level, hardware needs to be compartmentalized by dividing business data into different groups, granting users specific access based on their roles and adding a layer of protection to the information.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026
Will’s objections, based on his past writings, may be more aesthetic than principled, the product of a neatly compartmentalized mind.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
As I had in the past, I completely compartmentalized my life and prioritized fencing above all else.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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There has long been speculation that Graham’s capacity for compartmentalizing also extended to his personal life.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Or maybe you’re like Saxon, compartmentalizing the whole thing, pretending it never happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
But by compartmentalizing and integrating digital screens to show their inventory—rather than the rows of products—machines can offer about twice as many items.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2025
“To me, compartmentalizing is when an individual exercises a healthy boundary, with intention, in service of a value they hold,” she explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Barack, who’s always been good at compartmentalizing, managed to be admirably present and undistracted when he was with us.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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