compartmentalize
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The senator’s ability to compartmentalize, once his political superpower, became his ruin, morphing into outright denial.
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
We compartmentalize this grief and outrage into the corners of our private lives.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2025
Marianne can only compartmentalize so much when there are dread-filled visuals that accompany the information she’s relaying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
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
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
“John really compartmentalizes his two lives,” said Henry Tyndorf, the school principal.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2013
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
The task force kept the investigation carefully compartmentalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
I’ve compartmentalized it in a corner of my mind to keep me functional.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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
Recent research has shown that closing your home’s garage door and all interior doors could ease the high winds somewhat by compartmentalizing them, according to Smith.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 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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