schematic
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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
The mournful irony underlying the somewhat schematic plot is that they never can quite find themselves in sync, despite the bonds between them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
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
Not that Trương presents any of this in any sort of schematic way.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
A number of studies support this schematic strategy.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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