compartmentalize
Example Sentences
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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
Then, when she’s forced to look at it, she’s unable to because of how hard she’s worked to compartmentalize.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025
“I’ve learned to compartmentalize because it does take an emotional toll,” Loo said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
I've always thought of myself as someone who can compartmentalize horror, in the sense that I just came back from Rafah in Egypt where I covered a evacuation flight of children wounded in Gaza.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 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
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