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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
compartmentalize .
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Examples
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With ingenuity and nuance, he compartmentalizes the cluelessness of the men; they had a job but the particulars were need-to-know.
James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions James Scarborough 2011
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With ingenuity and nuance, he compartmentalizes the cluelessness of the men; they had a job but the particulars were need-to-know.
James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions James Scarborough 2011
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Johnson Space Center Director Mike Coats, a former astronaut, praised Kelly for the way he compartmentalizes family and NASA duties, like most astronauts: He's probably had a bigger challenge than most.
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With ingenuity and nuance, he compartmentalizes the cluelessness of the men; they had a job but the particulars were need-to-know.
James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions James Scarborough 2011
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My husband is kind enough to dismiss my sheer and utter inability to keep a joke straight with a shake of his head and a gentle, ‘Oh, honey …’ Hopefully, he compartmentalizes this quirk of mine as something cute, though I dare say that if he really cared about me, he would step in a little earlier, like before I make an ass of myself.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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With ingenuity and nuance, he compartmentalizes the cluelessness of the men; they had a job but the particulars were need-to-know.
James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions James Scarborough 2011
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With ingenuity and nuance, he compartmentalizes the cluelessness of the men; they had a job but the particulars were need-to-know.
James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions James Scarborough 2011
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With ingenuity and nuance, he compartmentalizes the cluelessness of the men; they had a job but the particulars were need-to-know.
James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions James Scarborough 2011
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With ingenuity and nuance, he compartmentalizes the cluelessness of the men; they had a job but the particulars were need-to-know.
James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions James Scarborough 2011
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My husband is kind enough to dismiss my sheer and utter inability to keep a joke straight with a shake of his head and a gentle, ‘Oh, honey …’ Hopefully, he compartmentalizes this quirk of mine as something cute, though I dare say that if he really cared about me, he would step in a little earlier, like before I make an ass of myself.
Joke’s On Me 2009
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