chunking
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing chunking
Psychology
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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
When perfectionistic flames are being fanned, going to therapy, shifting your mindset, and adopting coping strategies like self-compassion and chunking can do the trick, but sometimes a different kind of change is in order.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2021
After this rock got done chunking the fish in the head, it skipped four times ’cross the water and slipped down in the lake quiet as a duck going after minnows.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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