schematic
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Many of Lam’s forays into modernism, into the 1940s—dependent, almost to the point of parody, on Picasso—are schematic misunderstandings of Cubism’s spatial complexities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
There were no potted histories, no schematic definition of concepts, no leading questions to wake up sleepy students.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Setting down the xenomorphs on Earth is a stunning, scary idea that Hawley builds from a schematic illustrated with tension, tragedy, fascination, and grim familiarity with our species’ greatest flaws: hubris and greed.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
Not that Trương presents any of this in any sort of schematic way.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
The schematic of a dark, foreboding mountain range was scrawled on the paper, showing tunnels, access points, and exits.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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