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boilerplate

 noun
     
boil‧er‧plate [uncountable and countable] American English
a standard piece of writing or a design for something that can be easily used each time you need it, for example in business or legal documents [↪ template]:
a boilerplate for a fax message
lawyers selling boilerplate wills
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