schematic

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If films about catastrophe often take a schematic, meet-the-victims approach to their opening scenes, Ms. Littman renders hers with persuasive vibrancy, too full of life to have room for heavy-handed portent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

In place of the existing seasonal pool, schematic drawings now show a new year-round competition pool, 50 meters long, 25 yards wide and from 3-foot, 6-inches to 12-foot, 9-inches deep.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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

Or creating a schematic for an invention that would’ve shifted the world.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone