compartment
Example Sentences
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Twenty Thai crew members returned home in mid-March, while three of their colleagues were missing and presumed trapped in the damaged engine compartment.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The researchers describe this system as a "pseudo-organelle," a functional compartment that is not enclosed by a membrane but still plays a major role in organizing cell behavior.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
But the graying signal caller still had something left in the glove compartment, and if you think I typed that while speaking in a stentorian John Facenda voice, I absolutely did.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
I stood as far back as I could in the snug compartment and grimaced my way through it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
There’s no way the ship has a compartment big enough to hold enough water for three hundred and eighty years.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing compartment
"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 6
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A Farewell To Arms
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ment
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