How to Use schematic in a Sentence
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One who has a clear schematic trait that succeeds week in and week out.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Dec. 2025
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Beckert treats the state with the same schematic looseness.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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The reason for this was largely a schematic one, Canales said.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Nov. 2025
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Note that the hole-punch cutout and pill design here is markedly smaller than the schematic above.
—Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 Feb. 2022
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Every day David sent his schematic recipes (with desserts by his long-time pastry chef.
—Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025
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Bradley’s job easier, both from a schematic and skill standpoint.
—Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Feb. 2022
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Thinking in these schematic terms blocks the awareness that is our greatest asset.
—Julian Saipe, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
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So Harriet has a lot more to do — but her subplot still feels schematic, not quite lived-in.
—Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
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Teams have to make schematic choices to account for such a dynamic slot presence.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022
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Zimmer has pledged a schematic change to this year’s defensive team as well as the personnel moves.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 23 May 2021
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The project is now in a schematic design phase, with public input being sought to shape the final plans.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
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While the Cavs will also look for schematic advantages, playing hard is step one.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2020
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Sure, there are some schematic changes the Niners have made in the rushing attack in recent weeks.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
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Teams have capitalized on the schematic choices as well as those lapses.
—Emmanuel Morgan Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
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Matchup zones, schematic chair-pulls, deep drop coverages and hard hedges and a bit of everything in between.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
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The movie’s chief mission is to tear down the walls that, in the film’s rigid schematic, hopelessly divide the gay (male) world.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
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Minter has made schematic tweaks since the bye to aid a run defense that was struggling over the first 11 weeks of the season.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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That's part of the evolution of schematic focus and tendencies and trends.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2022
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Some of those schematic and game situation things will have to be ironed out over time with more experience.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Michael Malone, Denver’s coach, was playing schematic and matchup whack-a-mole.
—Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2020
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And even if, in the wolfpack schematic, the charismatic dude seems awash in resources, those who come under his spell want to give him more.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 26 Aug. 2020
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On the schematic side of things, the Pacers defense didn’t have any obvious issues.
—Tony East, Forbes, 17 May 2022
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In a touch that's schematic but functional, Robin has been learning about that condition in high school.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2020
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The field notes cards remind me of the schematic cards from the Brothers’ War expansion.
—Curtis Silver, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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There were no schematic drawings of the original, 52-foot structure.
—Michael Hogue, Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2022
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The effect is neither jarring nor schematic, more like the gentle turning of leaves in a photo album.
—Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022
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Wazzu is a schematic challenge so it can’t ever be dismissed, but this would still be an upset because of the talent gap.
—oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2021
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Coaches will face questions about schematic changes designed to ward off the stagnation that set in over the second half of last season.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2022
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Without experience, most don’t have much to offer from a schematic standpoint.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
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Drinkwitz said the fix isn’t just schematic but organizational.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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And then there was our fair share of glitches on some schematics.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
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Some of the schematics are similar, but there is much more to this game.
—Andrew Higginbottom, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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The schematics alone will keep the most inquisitive kid busy for hours.
—Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2020
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Some have offered their own plans and even schematics detailing how the group will take on the base.
—al, 13 July 2019
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For all of the prospective partners and schematics, that is where the group failed to find traction.
—oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2019
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There are also what may be a few rough schematics dating to the Stone Age.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
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Will Webb, even within the same general schematics, want to shake up the pie chart?
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
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The core components have open source firmware, and there are even public hardware schematics.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2020
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Again, that’s a tough task when the school itself is putting out pretty schematics for a future campus on that site.
—Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
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Some of our adversaries would've paid a lotta money to get their hands on those design schematics.
—CBS News, 30 May 2017
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The schematics that where a new building would stretch from east to west would require the market to relocate.
—oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
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At one point, teams generated miles of technical schematics each day to meet the line’s needs.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
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Players can sharpen skills, get stronger or become more familiar with schematics, to be sure.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
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Well, there’s some schematics that UC Davis does at a high level that challenge you.
—oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
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The firm offers a full range of services from schematics to furniture and art procurement.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2026
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There are knobs to adjust, coordinates to enter, schematics to copy, and wires to connect.
—Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
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There is definitely some schematics within the pass game that are similar.
—oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2019
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Alec Nielsen typed a few lines of code on his laptop, and a circuit schematic appeared in another window.
—Eric Smalley, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
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Sewers designed their homemade masks based on patterns and schematics shared online by health workers and others.
—David Enrich, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020
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Not just to compare tricorders or go over schematics for a realistic Gorn costume.
—Angela Hill, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2017
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The talent level is at a really good level right now in the league, the coaching and the schematics are really high.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
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Reconnecting the wire didn’t solve the problem, however, because the schematic for the box was wrong.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2021
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Again, the talent level, the schematics, battling back from some adversity.
—oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
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The schematics for the device are included in the paper and freely available to other scientists.
—Bychrista Lesté-Lasserre, science.org, 7 June 2023
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But those proposals are mostly rough schematics, leaving unanswered crucial questions about how the process will play out at the ground level.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2020
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Such firearms don’t have serial numbers, and buying the schematic for the assembly of ghost guns doesn’t require a background check.
—Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2021
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On the first morning of work he was handed schematics for a system he was supposed to build and at a meeting that afternoon was asked to give a progress report.
—Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2018
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Color and black-and-white photos of the men and women behind the scenes, and the astronauts, as well as schematics and mock-ups, complement the text.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 July 2019
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The schematics lacked specifics about such critical details as the dimensions of the windows, a kitchen area and supporting pillars.
—Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 May 2018
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The schematics, which haven't been verified, show an orange outline around the front panel that, according to the leakers, depicts the screen lines.
—Don Reisinger, Fox News, 31 May 2017
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