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schematic

[skee-mat-ik, ski-] / skiˈmæt ɪk, skɪ- /


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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

He’s not known as a schematic mastermind, nor does he call plays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Rams coach Sean McVay and San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan know each other — and each other’s schematic and play-calling tendencies — better than perhaps any two coaches in the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 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