: a schematic drawing or diagram
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Adjective
a schematic diagram of their business model
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Matt Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Sure, there are some schematic changes the Niners have made in the rushing attack in recent weeks.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026
Obsessively talking with a bot about fantasy football could lead to delusions, just the same as could talking with a bot about impossible schematics for a time machine.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Because outcomes hinge on individual matchups, having the Big Ten’s tight end of the year in better health will probably help Oregon as much as any schematic tweak Dan Lanning could have made since the Orange Bowl.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Sure, there are some schematic changes the Niners have made in the rushing attack in recent weeks.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
Jodie Foster is steely yet open-hearted as Ellie Arroway, a scientist who discovers schematics for a single-occupant space vessel buried in transmissions from a distant star system.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026
Obsessively talking with a bot about fantasy football could lead to delusions, just the same as could talking with a bot about impossible schematics for a time machine.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Schematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schematic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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sche·mat·ic
ski-ˈmat-ik 
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