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schema

[skee-muh] / ˈski mə /


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During this time, Aimee was developing her own religious schema — she preached joy and love; said that everyone could connect to God personally; and that Jesus was about to reappear on earth.

From Los Angeles Times

To combat this, the ERA would provide a way to get justices to side with women, that’s not connected to the current, flawed schema of judicial review.

From Salon

Chess players remember the location of pieces on the board using schema, a way of organizing new information in the brain.

From Science Daily

“You have this very tight, well worn schema that we are adult colleagues who are going out to talk,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

As Bohannon writes: “The ideas that human beings have about reality — what it’s made of, how it works, how we all fit into grander schemata — can change fundamentally.”

From Salon