boilerplate

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A case in point: Americans who filed tax returns last month might recall the irony of printing out a line of boilerplate about the good ol’ “Paperwork Reduction Act.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Mitu Gulati explains how the pervasive use of boilerplate contracts is creating a legal crisis.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

“It sounds like boring contract boilerplate, but it is really about procurement leverage.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Cursor, an AI start-up, is seeing accelerating demand for its programming assistant, which enables programmers to autocomplete code, fix bugs faster, and automate boilerplate tasks.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

Used in the PG boilerplate in the lines that say: “Start of this PG ebook …” and “End of this PG ebook …”.

From The Project Gutenberg RST Manual by Marcello Perathoner