: a schematic drawing or diagram
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Adjective
a schematic diagram of their business model
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Jennifer Vineyard, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The tightrope metaphor can feel goofy and schematic, but there’s also the excitement of tracking the unfurling of a grand statement, and the frisson of wondering whether McCann’s gambit (like Petit’s) will succeed.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2025
The second concern about water drainage was partially appeased with schematics showing that the developer would add three drainage points.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Here is a schematic of what the golden dome would look like.
—Jennifer Vineyard, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The tightrope metaphor can feel goofy and schematic, but there’s also the excitement of tracking the unfurling of a grand statement, and the frisson of wondering whether McCann’s gambit (like Petit’s) will succeed.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Noun
The district is about to get into the schematics phase to work out some sort of vision, Lilly said.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2025
The second concern about water drainage was partially appeased with schematics showing that the developer would add three drainage points.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Schematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schematic. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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adjective
sche·mat·ic
ski-ˈmat-ik 
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