compartmentalize
verb (used with object)
to divide into separate and isolated categories, sections, areas, or compartments.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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Said Spils: “We will compartmentalize that decision for now.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2017