boilerplate

Example Sentences

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Packets sent in by Spolin recently are often “boilerplate,” he said, and lack information about whether an inmate has gotten into trouble in prison, a key factor for him in evaluating whether they deserve consideration.

From Los Angeles Times

The only duet in this year's contest, Burning Daylight is, on first impression, a boilerplate Eurovision piano ballad.

From BBC

Ultimately, many points of agreement came down to boilerplate principles like "affordability" and "comprehensive system planning."

From Salon

Copilot can suggest methods, unit tests, boilerplate code and complex algorithms, GitHub said.

From Washington Post

The bot gave her pretty boilerplate language, she said.

From New York Times