Definition of "compartmentalizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize. (verb)

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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."
• "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."
• "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."