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
Use separate emails for different purposes One smart way to limit scam exposure is by compartmentalizing your digital life.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2025
Mindful of the 1981 Israeli attack on Osirak, an Iraqi nuclear reactor, Iran constructed its nuclear program to be compartmentalized, redundant, and highly resilient.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
Unlike accounting expertise that could be compartmentalized to audit committees, AI permeates every business function.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
What begins as a drama of grief soon morphs into a study of how grief is exploited, manipulated, and compartmentalized.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2025
Mindful of the 1981 Israeli attack on Osirak, an Iraqi nuclear reactor, Iran constructed its nuclear program to be compartmentalized, redundant, and highly resilient.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
Unlike accounting expertise that could be compartmentalized to audit committees, AI permeates every business function.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
What begins as a drama of grief soon morphs into a study of how grief is exploited, manipulated, and compartmentalized.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compartmentalize
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Gu classifies premium as cars over 40,000 Euros ($47,000).—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The expert group, which classifies global hunger crises for the UN, said that all of Gaza’s two million people were suffering severe hunger, with at least a quarter of them facing starvation.—
Semafor Staff,
semafor.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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He was ranked ahead of DJ Lagway and Dylan Raiola, who started at Florida and Nebraska last season, respectively.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Hospitals in each region were ranked based on their points.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Drafted in the first round a year ago, the sophomore quarterbacks have combined for three regular-season starts – all by Penix – yet were relegated to bubble wrap during the weekend.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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He was loaned to FC Twente in July 2022 after Norwich were relegated to the Championship but returned the following January to help his parent side.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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The team took apart the malaria problem and tried something new: detect the wingbeat frequency—to distinguish it from other insects—of a female Anopheles in flight and shoot it down.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Officials: 4 children found dead in the home Other local fire and volunteer agencies joined the effort to distinguish the fire and search for the victims, the press release stated.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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This risk factor can also be categorized more precisely as political risk.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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They were never easily categorized but rather open to many styles.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Compartmentalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compartmentalize. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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