compartmentalize

Example Sentences

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Will’s objections, based on his past writings, may be more aesthetic than principled, the product of a neatly compartmentalized mind.

From Salon

“Suffs” sometimes feels like a history lesson neatly compartmentalized into Important Episodes.

From Los Angeles Times

“My Spanish house was amazing but very compartmentalized,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

So I stopped trying to be my whole self everywhere, and gave myself permission to prioritize and compartmentalize.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then, when she’s forced to look at it, she’s unable to because of how hard she’s worked to compartmentalize.

From Salon