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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

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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

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

From BBC

He said he was flinching on tee shots, chunking irons and his head was “in a terrible spot.”

From Seattle Times

But that’s how those games go, where you just keep chunking yardage and finding ways to get completions.”

From Seattle Times

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were chucking and chunking.

From New York Times