template
noun
a pattern, mold, or the like, usually consisting of a thin plate of wood or metal, serving as a gauge or guide in mechanical work.
templates
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pluralof template.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She said: "He found a little hedgehog in need of care and we got talking, so the upshot was that I gave them the templates for both nesting and feeding boxes."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"Most likely, they're relying on boilerplate templates which can be detected by large language models that analyze patterns in texts," Professor Barnett said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 bestseller, “Ramona,” about a clash among Southern California rancheros, indigenous peoples and newly arriving white settlers, helped form later literary templates of the Old West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
There are plenty of free budgeting apps, free balance-sheet templates, free retirement calculators and free YouTube tutorials.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
They worshipped figures in Staff God poses, lived in networks of vertical exchange, and had public architecture with designs based on templates from the coast.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
