as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
compartment the responses according to country of origin
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compartmenting
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The Air Force took this case seriously under Project Blue Book, officially classifying it as ‘unexplained’ after finding no evidence of a hoax.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025 -
In addition, tests have marked its accuracy at 88% in classifying wireless signal types.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Aug. 2025
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Ragusa is the highest-ranking female member of the fire department in uniform.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers entered Sunday ranking fourth in the percentage of runners that eventually score.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kraft Heinz also had trouble distinguishing its products from cheaper store brands.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Hope to see more distinguishing benefits down the road.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Conducting regular risk checks and grouping sensitive details adds protection, balancing privacy with scientific value.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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To avoid a cluttered appearance and make the cabinet shelves appear as though they were styled with intention, Cordony recommends grouping items.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Aug. 2025
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Cadillac does, however, win back a few points for keeping some physical controls around instead of relegating everything to the touchscreen, even if some of the buttons look a bit chintzy.—
Bradley Iger,
Robb Report,
27 Aug. 2025
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Business leaders outside the technology bubble need to become more intimately involved with AI initiatives, versus relegating them to technical teams, who don’t necessarily fully connect the dots to business needs.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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If National Public Radio had begun distributing Bibles and handguns, well, people would have wanted to talk and write about that, too.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is how Cintas Acuario was born in the late 1980s — a label that, without any formal facilities, gained a reputation thanks to its founder’s knack for promoting and marketing his artists’ music by distributing it to small shops in the area and in Tijuana, across the Mexican border.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
4 Sep. 2025
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Many of her other memories of Freetown come secondhand from typing up The Taste of Country Cooking.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alton Peterson, 74, is confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak, communicating instead by typing out messages.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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After initial skepticism, many educators began experimenting with AI for lesson planning, grading, and brainstorming classroom activities.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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This is the 10th annual version of this project, with this year’s edition seeing over 13,000 responses from fans grading their own favorite teams and nearly 500 fans grading every team.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Compartmenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compartmenting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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