SCHEMATIZE Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

schematize

verb

Definition of schematize

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

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Improvements to LinkedIn’s detection systems have resulted in a 40% decline in views of content classified as AI slop, the platform said last month.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Just 9% of Porter’s 3-point attempts were classified as wide open, the lowest share among 307 players who took at least 100 3s.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of classify

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Shigella infections categorized as extensively drug-resistant, or XDR, are rising.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
The new system will organize types of data that proved difficult to categorize in the past — such as the ways firms make difficult decisions — to make the rankings more authoritative.

— Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of categorize

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Reassured, European countries (aside from France and the United Kingdom) agreed to codify their nonnuclear status in the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

— Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Russ keeps the storytelling very straightforward and very much in keeping with the style that ESPN and HBO sports documentaries have codified over the years.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of codify

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Any time there is the potential for further punishment, a report catalogs what happened, if there was a penalty called, the players involved, any disciplinary history, the aggressor's next game and video clips of the incident.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
The Whirlpool Galaxy's designation as M51 marks it as the 51st non-comet object catalogued by Messier, who was the chief astronomer of the Marine Observatory in Paris dedicated to studying comets.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of catalog

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To profile their activity in patients with SCLC, the researchers analyzed tumor samples and non-affected biopsies from a dozen patients using single-cell RNA sequencing and immunophenotyping.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Last month, the Economist used Pangram to analyze parliamentary speeches, finding that 10% of the words spoken in the British Parliament were drafted with AI.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of analyze

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Xuan and Zhang, who have pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing through their attorneys, were ordered held in lieu of $20 million bail.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
According to police, one of the suspects held a security guard at gunpoint, forced the guard to turn over his weapon and ordered him to face down on the ground before the group forced entry into the building.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of order

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The familiar scent of grilling merguez wafted through the air as Violette began to enumerate the system’s failures.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
In fact, the tricks enumerated in the paper are already getting old, one of the paper’s authors, Tina Yeung, told me.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

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