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chunking

British  
/ ˈtʃʌŋkɪŋ /

noun

  1. 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Nationals infielder Lucius Fox kicked off Sunday’s game by blowing chunks, and the Giants responded by chunking together enough runs in the first two innings to win the game.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2022

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

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

It just was last month that the Preacher snucked up on me whilst I was out in the Atlas Clearing chunking rocks.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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