schematic

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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

Many of Lam’s forays into modernism, into the 1940s—dependent, almost to the point of parody, on Picasso—are schematic misunderstandings of Cubism’s spatial complexities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

As schematic as the premise sounds—it’s another hitman story, after all—the series is fast-paced and gripping, largely because it’s so fast-paced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

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

The schematic of a dark, foreboding mountain range was scrawled on the paper, showing tunnels, access points, and exits.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia