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compartment

[kuhm-pahrt-muhnt] / kəmˈpɑrt mənt /


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In an otherwise empty compartment of a regional train on its way to a small town in Germany last month, a friendly passenger asked if I was headed to Halberstadt for “the note change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The plan is to resume firefighting efforts, first from the cargo hold of the ferry, which is the compartment where containers and or goods are stored, Cayabyab said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Each seat, the company says, has its own overhead luggage compartment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Papers destined to be read in 250 years are stored in a separate compartment inside the cylinder and sealed, while the other objects were placed in cardboard boxes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Inside the truck, Nathan opened the glove compartment and saw what he needed: his cell phone.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

"Surprisingly, we discovered this collapse happens at every level of genome organization -- compartments, domains, and chromatin loops."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Inside, TV screens replaced the overhead luggage compartments, and a strip of lights lined the carriages’ walls from front to back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Airline rules have slight differences in their advice to passengers on the issue, but generally ask that portable chargers be kept in a bag under the seat rather than in overhead compartments.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Take, for example, the viral “snackle box,” which contains multiple compartments to hold everything from your favorite packaged snacks and candies to cut up fruit and vegetables.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

"Do you want to use my lock box to keep the money in? It's got a tray with separate compartments for all the different coins."

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies




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