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
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Lee now keeps peptides for his family in the butter compartment of his fridge.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Security personnel returned fire, and staff moved quickly to evacuate the children, as smoke filled the building from the truck’s engine compartment.
—Gayle Pearlstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
While at the port on the island of Crete, seven berthing compartments on the Ford were repaired, a statement from the 6th Fleet said.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The facility had no sanitizer in the bin at the three compartment sink.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Lee now keeps peptides for his family in the butter compartment of his fridge.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Security personnel returned fire, and staff moved quickly to evacuate the children, as smoke filled the building from the truck’s engine compartment.
—Gayle Pearlstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
While at the port on the island of Crete, seven berthing compartments on the Ford were repaired, a statement from the 6th Fleet said.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compartment
Noun
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Republicans have a tiny four-vote majority in the chamber, and the president’s party historically struggles in midterm balloting.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the last few weeks, Congress has repeatedly debated pressing national issues at night — leading to confusion and turmoil in both chambers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His athletic metrics rank among some of the best in recent years.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dugger was ranked as the 365th-best overall prospect by ESPN and was tabbed as the 25th-best linebacker in a New York Times special draft section.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But while examining the rodent data, Bittner saw that place cells whose dendrites had produced just a single plateau potential began to fire.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Most of your day will be dry with just a couple of slow-moving cells expected to develop through the day.—
Ron Smiley,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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He was charged with battery and burglary of an unoccupied dwelling in September 2023, and with battery that May — both classified in court records as misdemeanors.—
Claudia Lauer,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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The species is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a classification that reflects both the remaining threats facing the animals and the significant progress conservation efforts have made.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Construction on a controversial project to put tiny sleeping cabins for homeless individuals in Lemon Grove is schedued to begin Monday.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Coast Guard's Terrel Horne interdicted a 25-foot cuddy cabin boat containing 18 Mexican nationals on board.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The results are grouped by geographic region, casting a cohesive portrait of what state-of-the-art hospitality looks like around the world today.—
Asa Canty,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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For the things that will be going back in, group them into categories and contain them using drawer organizers or dividers.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The documents go on to say that after Dukes was arrested and placed into a Chicago youth facility at 15 years old, he was signed to Warner Records.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Earlier in the day, Charles delivered a rare address to a joint session of Congress, highlighting the second day of his four-day state visit and placing the spotlight on the strained but enduring relationship between his country and the United States.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Instead, go directly to the official website by typing the address yourself.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Police, for example, could track down suspects based on what was typed in a search engine.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Compartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compartment. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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