: a schematic drawing or diagram
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Adjective
a schematic diagram of their business model
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
Yet its schematic lyricism fails to entirely leave its predecessors’ shadows.
—Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Nearing his seventh month with the Eagles, Loeffler is immersed in schematics, techniques and practices.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
One of the flaws of McNamara’s script — and Roach’s ability to extract maximum value from a sizable ensemble — is the role of those friends, despite four of them being a schematic representation of other mismatched couples who perhaps have less reason to be together than Theo and Ivy.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
Yet its schematic lyricism fails to entirely leave its predecessors’ shadows.
—Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
At one point, teams generated miles of technical schematics each day to meet the line’s needs.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Nearing his seventh month with the Eagles, Loeffler is immersed in schematics, techniques and practices.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Schematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schematic. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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schematic
adjective
sche·mat·ic
ski-ˈmat-ik 
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