compartmentalize

The senator’s ability to compartmentalize, once his political superpower, became his ruin, morphing into outright denial.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

Marianne can only compartmentalize so much when there are dread-filled visuals that accompany the information she’s relaying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

My parents thought of the divorce as trading one piece of paper for another, and I try to compartmentalize it in the same way.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

“He compartmentalizes it,” Van Scoyoc said of Betts’ past postseason failures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

Irene compartmentalizes and rationalizes her act; she needs to cool down, the tearoom is a breezy refuge, if one she intentionally seeks out rather than merely happens upon.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

As much as the conversation about the Packers keeps veering toward his dissatisfaction, Rodgers compartmentalizes annoyance better than most.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021

He’s said that he compartmentalizes, so that if he’s with you, he’s just Dennis.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019

The guide compartmentalizes U.S. history into 10 eras, from the beginnings until 1620 to contemporary $ America, and proposes two to four "standards" of what students should know about each period.

From Time Magazine Archive

The second feature is the nanoreactor's compartmentalized structure.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Instead, from the very beginning, the law compartmentalized requirements of parental involvement in some contexts and inconsistently applied those requirements in others.

From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2026

Will’s objections, based on his past writings, may be more aesthetic than principled, the product of a neatly compartmentalized mind.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

With everybody else, their self gets compartmentalized, which I think we do in life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

I’ve compartmentalized it in a corner of my mind to keep me functional.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

There has long been speculation that Graham’s capacity for compartmentalizing also extended to his personal life.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

That compartmentalizing and focus they learned on the field, he said, “that gives you opportunity to keep on fighting for the real life stuff.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

But by compartmentalizing and integrating digital screens to show their inventory—rather than the rows of products—machines can offer about twice as many items.

From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2025

Recent research has shown that closing your home’s garage door and all interior doors could ease the high winds somewhat by compartmentalizing them, according to Smith.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

Barack, who’s always been good at compartmentalizing, managed to be admirably present and undistracted when he was with us.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama