compartmentalizes
- present tense form of compartmentalize (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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As much as the conversation about the Packers keeps veering toward his dissatisfaction, Rodgers compartmentalizes annoyance better than most.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
She walks out of the living room when her brother compartmentalizes her legal battle and watches the Saints on television.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
He’s said that he compartmentalizes, so that if he’s with you, he’s just Dennis.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
There’s nothing necessarily wrong with a movie that compartmentalizes its emotions and dishes them out like stocking stuffers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2016
The guide compartmentalizes U.S. history into 10 eras, from the beginnings until 1620 to contemporary $ America, and proposes two to four "standards" of what students should know about each period.
From Time Magazine Archive
