schematic
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Yet even Bergman’s most schematic films—the ones in which ideas seem to drive him as much as mood, style or plot—make expressive use of cinema’s aesthetic vocabulary: light, composition, sometimes color, always sound or music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But even if Hegel’s interpretation would have seemed off the mark to him, Antigone and Creon are too complex to reduce to a schematic argument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s more like a schematic of a confounding investigation and a sympathetic survey of a devastated emotional landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Unfortunately, the juggling of storylines ends up being more schematic than insightful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
In under a minute, he has built an oscillator to match the schematic.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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