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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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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

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022

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

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

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 stood up and put two more chunking stones in my hand then walked over toward the dog.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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