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boilerplate

[boi-ler-pleyt] / ˈbɔɪ lərˌpleɪt /




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Margaret Jane Radin, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and the author of Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, and the Rule of Law, does not agree with that point of view.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2014

Robots of Oz Meet Boilerplate the 1893 fighting robot and the moustachioed Mechanical Man from 1907.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

Ice, Boilerplate, East Coast Powder, The Shining, The Old Anti-Carve, Edge Catcher, Pipe Day As a rule, if you can see yourself in the surface that you're riding on, it's icy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boilerplate: standard legal language used in motions, wills, pleadings, closings, etc.

From Time Magazine Archive




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