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

Funds with a ticker symbol available to anyone with a brokerage account attract lots of people who haven’t grasped the ugly math behind that legal boilerplate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 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

Legal boilerplate is usually printed in Flyspeck 3. :flytrap: n.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.