schematize

verb

Definition of schematizenext
as in to classify

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Recent Examples of schematize While so many of his contemporaries seem content to schematize Big Ideas by populating narrow, transparent stage worlds with one-dimensional characters, Harris trades in compelling, aggravating ambiguity. — Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader, 13 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schematize
  1. classify
  2. categorize
  3. codify
  4. catalog
  5. index
  6. analyze
  7. order
  8. enumerate
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  • But the chief declined to classify the violence as gang-related at a community briefing on July 24, when reporters pressed her about whether the people involved belonged to rival gangs or families.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the first big commercial systems, like AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, and HotBot, used crawlers and indexes to automatically map a growing web rather than relying on editors to hand-classify every site.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of classify
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  • Especially in a country like Japan, where learning can be quite rigid and everything is categorized or formatted.
    — Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Other tequilas, categorized as mixtos, only have to contain 51 percent agave, with the other 49 percent made from other sweeteners like cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of categorize
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  • That law was passed by the council and Raman voted in favor of the law that codified the mayor’s directive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • At just 13, Rubio helped codify that crucial lesson into California law.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of codify
Verb
  • They’re often orchestrated by professional companies, such as Everything But The House, Grasons, Handled, and Treasured Estates, who catalogue and price the items, then manage transactions and crowd control during the event.
    — Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This vulture is one of more than 120 bird species that Gadberry, a Florida native, has cataloged during his extensive travels throughout the state.
    — Patrick Connolly Orlando Sentinel, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of catalog
Verb
  • Arcade says its ToolBench benchmark indexed more than 43,400 MCP servers and analyzed 219,069 tools.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • OpenAI faced a similar controversy last year when Google indexed shared user chats on ChatGPT that had been created with the public link function.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of index
Verb
  • Because of ever-increasing amounts of data to be analyzed, AI will have its place in digital forensics.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Expanding treatment could save lives The study, published July 29 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2009 to 2018.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of analyze
Verb
  • Everyone who pre-ordered the MVP+ bundle has been playing since August 6.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Kuilan was ordered held without bail during his arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court last Tuesday.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of order
Verb
  • The other side of the coin here is those who only want to question the integrity of the country, or only want to enumerate its deals with the devil, that’s not healthy either.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
  • Though deferred action dates back at least to President Richard Nixon, Meissner issued a memo in 2000 enumerating 13 factors that immigration agents should consider before deporting someone.
    — Lauren Villagran, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of enumerate

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