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compartment

[kuhm-pahrt-muhnt] / kəmˈpɑrt mənt /


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I had to use the trunk opener inside the glove compartment, which, of course, had been jimmied open, and I kept closed with duct tape.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 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

To break down these fatty acids, plant cells use a specialized structure known as the peroxisome, a membrane-bound compartment also found in human cells.

From Science Daily Apr. 25, 2026

Before she even left the compound, Yolanda put the list away in the glove compartment.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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

The sailors’ bunks were in the forward compartments.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys




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