schematic
Example Sentences
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He avoided changing the weekly practice schedule or the schematic terminology.
He displayed maps and schematics of the planes with their weak spots marked, so the pilots knew where to strike.
I’m already drawing up the schematics in my head.
From Literature
The mournful irony underlying the somewhat schematic plot is that they never can quite find themselves in sync, despite the bonds between them.
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
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