compartmenting

verb

Definition of compartmentingnext
present participle of compartment
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type compartment the responses according to country of origin

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compartmenting
  1. classifying
  2. distinguishing
  3. distributing
  4. separating
Verb
  • The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against the popular Netflix dating show, classifying its stars as employees and accusing the program of several labor violations.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Those deaths aren't counted in our statistics, and that's primarily because of the difficulty in classifying those deaths in a disaster.
    Melody Schreiber, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of classifying
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  • This involves distinguishing between the data plane, where information is transferred, and the control plane, which governs processes without directly handling the data itself.
    Taylor Brown, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Researchers say that their discovery has helped tremendously in distinguishing the theropods of this region, which were poorly known before.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of distinguishing
Verb
  • In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In April 2021, Diplo sued Auguste for stalking, trespassing, and distributing private materials.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • The objective is to rethink the way that end-of-life motorcycle equipment is handled, avoiding unnecessary waste by creating a sustainable and effective method of separating and recycling the plastics used to make helmets.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Go for swiveling storage like this or rotating jewelry boxes, which are ideal for separating smaller pieces (like earring studs) at the top and larger pieces (like brooches) at the bottom.
    Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of separating
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