compartmentalize
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The first Graham showcased how the ability to compartmentalize in politics can be a great gift — a nod to the old maxim that today’s enemy might be tomorrow’s friend.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
So I stopped trying to be my whole self everywhere, and gave myself permission to prioritize and compartmentalize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Then, when she’s forced to look at it, she’s unable to because of how hard she’s worked to compartmentalize.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
“Just being able to compartmentalize everything that’s been going on, being able to take all the emotions and leave them off the court,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
Did some try to block it all out, compartmentalize, imagine that it was only one more day?
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
Whenever Casserly goes on TV, he said, he compartmentalizes his different jobs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2019
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
The second feature is the nanoreactor's compartmentalized structure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The information is kept highly classified and intricately compartmentalized.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 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
With everybody else, their self gets compartmentalized, which I think we do in life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
As I had in the past, I completely compartmentalized my life and prioritized fencing above all else.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
There has long been speculation that Graham’s capacity for compartmentalizing also extended to his personal life.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
Since its premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, “The Zone of Interest” has been hailed as harrowing drama about human capacity for compartmentalizing atrocity.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Instead, Swart says, compartmentalizing can be both good and bad for you.
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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