compartmentalize
verb (used with object)
to divide into separate and isolated categories, sections, areas, or compartments.
compartmentalizes
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present tense formof compartmentalize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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To cope, Estrada compartmentalizes, and focuses on school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
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
He’s said that he compartmentalizes, so that if he’s with you, he’s just Dennis.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
“John really compartmentalizes his two lives,” said Henry Tyndorf, the school principal.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2013
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
