boilerplate

Example Sentences

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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

“In a market where the number of applicants per job is up, a boilerplate resume sent to 50 jobs isn’t going to cut it,” Puri said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

But beyond this diplomatic boilerplate, New Delhi has signaled where its sympathies lie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

I put in the legal notices, whatever news items I had handy or had time to set up, and stuck in boilerplate as a filler.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.