compartmentalize

Example Sentences

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AP: It sounds like compartmentalizing was a survival technique for you?

From Seattle Times

Rather than compartmentalize the discussion of slavery or leave it to contemporary artists to create new visual narratives, it used deep research and dispassionate narrative to reinterpret its legacy collections.

From Washington Post

There’s people who are really good at it, who can compartmentalize.

From Los Angeles Times

Their relationship, such as it is, is based on compartmentalizing their desire for each other from the familial and career obligations intrinsic to who they are.

From Salon

First, it demonstrates that Russia is increasingly unwilling to compartmentalize elements of its relations with the United States.

From Los Angeles Times