compartmentalize

Example Sentences

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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

It’s another thing to depict accurately the emotional toll, stresses, the need to juggle, compartmentalize, to code switch and do everything else that is asked of these people over the course of the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

Afraid she wouldn't recover, he wasn't able to compartmentalize to do his job well.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

I’d been trained my entire life to compartmentalize, to give my entire focus to the situation at hand, and I leaned hard on the habits developed from years and years of study and work.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin