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chunking

British

/ ˈtʃʌŋkɪŋ /

noun

psychol the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase

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Wallace finished on the same par 5 later in the day, and saved par after driving into a native area and then chunking a shot from there to under a bridge.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

He can lash out unintentionally, so staff use a "chunking" technique where they concentrate learning into small segments of five minutes.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

The presentation was on a concept called periodization: the chunking of history into different periods.

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

The benefit of "chunking" all of your goals into subgoals is that you can give yourself a pat on the back for each, which will make the next feel more manageable.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2021

I grabbed my tote sack and pulled three chunking stones out.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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