compartmentalize

Example Sentences

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AP: It sounds like compartmentalizing was a survival technique for you?

From Seattle Times

Rather than compartmentalize the discussion of slavery or leave it to contemporary artists to create new visual narratives, it used deep research and dispassionate narrative to reinterpret its legacy collections.

From Washington Post

First, it demonstrates that Russia is increasingly unwilling to compartmentalize elements of its relations with the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

"His paintings are so quiet and there are no children ... he must have compartmentalized his life and said 'no, no kids in the studio'."

From Reuters

I’m like, “Oh, my gosh, I have to compartmentalize this or else I really am going to be so fragmented.”

From Washington Post