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compartment

[kuhm-pahrt-muhnt] / kəmˈpɑrt mənt /


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In Tesla's Model 3, for example, passengers must reach into a compartment inside the door pocket and find a release cable to manually open the rear door, according to the company's website.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

In January 2025 an Air Busan plane was destroyed on the tarmac in Gimhae Airport in South Korea, with investigators concluding a power bank battery pack left in an overhead luggage compartment was the culprit.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The weathered thread compartment holds two toy horses with armed riders in red coats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Before long, crack Swanson engineers added a fourth compartment to the aluminum trays, for dessert.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Grunting, the adzukulu carefully lowered the coffin with ropes, into the smaller compartment.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

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

Once internal compartments are destroyed, proteins that were originally separated may come into contact in the laboratory.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 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

These frozen meals were arranged in heat-and-serve aluminum trays with three compartments.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Everyone must follow exact directions to their new compartments.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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