as in to classify
to arrange or assign according to type
we shouldn't compartmentalize the students into such restrictive categories as scholar and athlete, which are not mutually exclusive
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Recent Examples of compartmentalize
To guard against Russian penetration, Kondratyuk compartmentalized new teams within HUR, recruiting for them only officers under 30, with no memory of the Soviet Union and who only knew an independent Ukraine.
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
While men are often encouraged to integrate work and family, women are expected to compartmentalize, downplay or even hide their roles as mothers as a weakness or obstacle to their careers.
—Patricia Nagy, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
These personal challenges inevitably influence workplace performance, even when employees try to compartmentalize them.
—Kara Dennison, Sphr, Cprw, Ec, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
When employees are forced to compartmentalize their lives so strictly the natural interplay between personal experience and professional innovation is lost.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
While men are often encouraged to integrate work and family, women are expected to compartmentalize, downplay or even hide their roles as mothers as a weakness or obstacle to their careers.
—Patricia Nagy, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
These personal challenges inevitably influence workplace performance, even when employees try to compartmentalize them.
—Kara Dennison, Sphr, Cprw, Ec, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
When employees are forced to compartmentalize their lives so strictly the natural interplay between personal experience and professional innovation is lost.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compartmentalize
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Our writers picked a few obvious candidates (anytime Lamar Jackson-Patrick Mahomes clash in any year classifies as must-see).—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Based on double-occupancy stateroom bookings, groups typically need to have a minimum of five to eight cabins to be classified as a group.—
Linnea Bailey,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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The offense ranked 12th in scoring and the defense was 15th in points allowed.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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For overall military power, the Global Firepower index ranks Germany third in the European Union (EU) behind Italy in second and France at the top.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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At the time of writing, United are 16th, their lowest ebb since they were last relegated in 1974.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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But the pyramid isn’t an architectural form that’s relegated to history!—
Ashley Gardini,
JSTOR Daily,
13 May 2025
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With the right intelligence, firms can distinguish fraudsters from legitimate customers and still deliver great digital journeys.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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In his book The Spirit Molecule, about the first modern study that administered DMT to humans, the psychiatrist Rick Strassman uses a TV metaphor to distinguish the drug’s effects from those of other psychoactive substances.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Mormon Wives star Leavitt categorizes her attitude toward beauty as somewhere in the middle on the Utah scale.—
Anneke Knot,
Glamour,
14 May 2025
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Is the data categorized, labeled and structured to accelerate AI model training?—
Sean Nathaniel,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The couples who were separated in the show — like Jack and Kate, Desmond and Penny and Sawyer and Juliet — all reunited in those flashes.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The two are separated by an Interstate 95 overpass and the complex intersection of South Miami Avenue, South Dixie Highway, Brickell Avenue and Southwest 26th Road.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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“Compartmentalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compartmentalize. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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