compartment
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Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus, a specialized compartment that houses most of their genetic material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
No-one in her compartment was hurt, she said, and "the train took people to Vydubychi station on the right bank, then it didn't go any further".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
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
I was about to say something when I saw him open the glove compartment.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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"These kinds of self-organizing RNA compartments were possibly a step along the way to single-cell organisms," Banerjee says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 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
Three interconnected catwalks stretch into the audience, carving the space into small compartments.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
By the time the computers reached the end of the line, where they were packed into red-and-white Sayle Enterprises boxes, the compartments were completely invisible.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 6
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