schematic

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At 90 minutes, the film feels rushed, touching down at different points along a timeline without ever really settling in, lending it a schematic quality despite its unerring sensitivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

There were no potted histories, no schematic definition of concepts, no leading questions to wake up sleepy students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Setting down the xenomorphs on Earth is a stunning, scary idea that Hawley builds from a schematic illustrated with tension, tragedy, fascination, and grim familiarity with our species’ greatest flaws: hubris and greed.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Merritt and Hahn believe this third early schematic of Disneyland from Davis — the drawing is undated — is perhaps the first to envision Anaheim as the park’s destination.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Since Aureliano at that time had very confused notions about the difference between Conservatives and Liberals, his father-in-law gave him some schematic lessons.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez