compartmentalize

Whether it’s a blockbuster trade that brought Doncic to L.A. or an untimely injury that sidelines the superstar guard at the most important time of the season, Redick is able to compartmentalize each day’s mission.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 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

We compartmentalize this grief and outrage into the corners of our private lives.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2025

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

To cope, Estrada compartmentalizes, and focuses on school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

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

Whenever Casserly goes on TV, he said, he compartmentalizes his different jobs.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2019

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 information is kept highly classified and intricately compartmentalized.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

At the system level, hardware needs to be compartmentalized by dividing business data into different groups, granting users specific access based on their roles and adding a layer of protection to the information.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 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

“I was a deer caught in the headlights of a full-on romance, with no training or experience to cope with my teenage emotions,” he wrote, then explained his compartmentalized life and well-honed practice of denial.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025

As I had in the past, I completely compartmentalized my life and prioritized fencing above all else.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

He’s good at compartmentalizing; he’s a parking violations attendant who tickets angry people all day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 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

“At the end of the day, I have always been pretty good about compartmentalizing and being able to stay focused in this building, so I’m just going to keep rolling with that.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

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