as in chamber
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
a backpack with many handy compartments for storing your camping gear
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as in to rank
to arrange or assign according to type
compartment the responses according to country of origin
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Recent Examples of compartment
Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
With that, Mickey is handcuffed, and the situation only escalates when the officer pops open the compartment to find con man Sam Scales (Christopher Thornton) shot dead inside.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 27 Oct. 2020
Kushner has not yet been approved to review ‘‘sensitive compartmented information,’’ better known as SCI.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
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Noun
But the battery compartment will also accommodate a dedicated rechargeable pack, which ModRetro hasn’t released yet.
—Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
With that, Mickey is handcuffed, and the situation only escalates when the officer pops open the compartment to find con man Sam Scales (Christopher Thornton) shot dead inside.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
First came the bone spurs in his ankle and then compartment syndrome (painful pressure buildup from internal bleeding or swelling of tissues) in his calves, both requiring surgery.
—Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 27 Oct. 2020
Kushner has not yet been approved to review ‘‘sensitive compartmented information,’’ better known as SCI.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compartment
Noun
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Once the two chambers agree on a plan, the Senate and House need to approve it.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Feb. 2025
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Not only would this require approval from both chambers of Congress, but Canada would need to back the effort, too, considering that candidate states typically hold a referendum on the statehood question.—
Geoffrey Skelley,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Are you considered middle class in California? California ranked among the five priciest states in the nation for middle-class living in 2025, according to a recent analysis by personal finance site SmartAsset.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Mar. 2025
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Woody Marks probably didn’t help or hurt his stock with a 4.54 in the 40, but his shuttle time of 4.24 seconds ranked second among running backs.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In these lucky cases, natural biological processes seem to allow the normal cells to overtake the abnormal ones.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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Homocysteine is also involved in a function of living cells known as the one-carbon pathway, and further study revealed differences in genes related to this metabolic function between the two groups of astronauts.—
Neil Savage,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Despite the depth and breadth of his transactions, Sweeney did not classify his work as a teardown.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Using data from nearly 10,000 herbarium specimens, scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have brought attention to the conservation status of these plants, revealing that 87 species—almost half of the genus—are now classified as threatened with extinction.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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It's said to heat the cabin twice as quickly with half the power consumption of the old heat pump.—
Tim Stevens,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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Hoekstra has a Brazilian customer who commissioned a recent 133-footer with an asymmetrical lower deck for two extra guest cabins.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ohio Wisconsin Missouri Persona maps from Cambridge Analytica documents See a detailed view of voters grouped by persona in each of the states targeted by Cambridge.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
27 Feb. 2025
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Geometry should instead be grouped with trigonometry in precalculus courses because these kinds of math are more naturally related, Dalal suggested.—
Carson Swick,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The January Starship mishap occurred over the North Atlantic after the 171-foot (52-meter) Starship separated from the Super Heavy rocket booster that hauled it toward space.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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This unique body of water, which separates Melbourne from the barrier island of Melbourne Beach, is incredibly biodiverse.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Jack Harris placed in the top 10 for beat reporting for his work chronicling the Dodgers’ run to the 2024 World Series and in the top 10 in the explanatory category for an article examining the Dodgers’ role in MLB’s pitching injury epidemic.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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Online commerce offers buyers the ability to place purchases outside of the seller’s business hours.—
Sebastiaan Verhaar,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Compartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compartment. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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