boilerplate

Example Sentences

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“Past performance is no guarantee of future returns,” is the investment world’s boilerplate caveat.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

This should be boilerplate, but it’s a rare Lebanese recognition of Israeli sovereignty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

It was the Steyer I’ve heard on too many commercials: pugnacious, compassionate but spouting a whole bunch of boilerplate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

One of the Nautilus's men presented me with a streamlined rifle whose butt was boilerplate steel, hollow inside, and of fairly large dimensions.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.