compartmentalize

“That catharsis is another feeling and I knew so much of my audience had an experience with this music, but maybe had to compartmentalize and be on the outside in order to enjoy it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The first lesson of 1901 is that speculative fever is hard to compartmentalize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

We compartmentalize this grief and outrage into the corners of our private lives.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2025

When seismic events occur, part of the rational human response is to compartmentalize, even making light of the trauma.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 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

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

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

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

But her character’s role is somewhat earnestly compartmentalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

And as his eyes focused on all the gentle gray shapes slowly hopping around in that compartmentalized wire pen, his heart did another flip-flop.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

Experts say that compartmentalizing can be a healthy and essential tool to help us get through the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

As questions about our political, environmental and technological future loom, experts say that compartmentalizing can be a useful tool to help us regulate our emotions and face challenges without falling apart.

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