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  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/cef/2026" schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/cef/2026/cef-2026.xsd" />
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/cef-pre/2026" schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/cef/2026/cef-2026_pre.xsd" />
  <import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-instance-2003-12-31.xsd" />
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd" />
  <import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/2024-01-31" schemaLocation="https://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/2024-01-31/types.xsd" />
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026" schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd" />
  <import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd" />
  <import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/2020-01-21" schemaLocation="https://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/2020-01-21/types.xsd" />
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  <element name="ConvertibleSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndNineteenMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_ConvertibleSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndNineteenMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
  <element name="ConvertibleSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_ConvertibleSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
  <element name="RevolvingCreditFacilitiesMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_RevolvingCreditFacilitiesMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
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  <element name="TwoThousandThirtyOneMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_TwoThousandThirtyOneMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
  <element name="TwoThousandTwentyEightNotesMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_TwoThousandTwentyEightNotesMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
  <element name="TwoThousandTwentyFourNotesMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_TwoThousandTwentyFourNotesMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
  <element name="TwoThousandTwentyNineMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_TwoThousandTwentyNineMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
  <element name="TwoThousandTwentySixNotesMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_TwoThousandTwentySixNotesMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
  <element name="TwoThousandTwentyThreeNotesMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_TwoThousandTwentyThreeNotesMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
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  <element name="CommonStocksMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" id="tslx_CommonStocksMember" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" />
</schema>
