How to Use template in a Sentence

template

noun
Definition of templatenext
  • The software includes templates for common marketing documents like pamphlets and flyers.
  • Print the template for this too-cute Elf on the Shelf idea for free.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
  • There is no clear template for what works and what doesn’t.
    — Ilona Bernotaite, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Cut out the hole at the top of the template and tie some ribbon through it into a bow.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Most of all though, Williams set the template for country star.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The plan will be based on a template from the state and will be subject to state review.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Like a sponge, the template soaked up all the errors within the design.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Some version of the word comes up five times in the template’s 12 questions.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Think of this as a template for how to splurge and save on a day of dining at home.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2022
  • With the second issue, the High Times template was set.
    — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The series set the template for how to write for Latinxs, not just about them.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But the Bartók does not appear to be the Icarus Quartet’s template.
    — Allan Kozinn, WSJ, 22 June 2022
  • Starting at the stem, bend wire, using the template as a guide.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
  • As for what the label could look like, there’s at least one template.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The United States’ response to the coup in Niger offers a loose template.
    — Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Have team members add ideas one at a time to the template, whiteboard, or sticky notes.
    — Mark Cruth, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And the pioneering deal the WGA struck with the studios will help — at least in the short term — serve as a template.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Two others on the west side hang high on their templates, not yet pile-driven through the mud.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
  • The children’s book, about a young girl’s trip to the watery city, served as a template for their own visit.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • With all the cookies piped, gently pull out the template from under the cookies.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • To create a template, open up a list, tap the three dots in the top right corner, then choose Save as Template.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Fortunately, there is a template that the Fed could, and should, have used.
    — John Greenwood, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Use this recipe as a template, then get creative with marinades and dry rubs.
    — Adam Dolge, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Use the drywall patch as a template, and trace around the hole with a sharp pencil, then cut on the line with a utility knife.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2022
  • Following the template, punch holes in the cardboard pieces and connect the face and cardboard pieces with brads.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Since the role in many companies is barely a few years old, there is no template yet.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • On a blank template, begin to add photos, quotes and words that will inspire you to reach your goal.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • Place template on foam block and insert pushpins along curves of leaf.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Putin’s Russia, regrettably, is the modern archetype, a template going back more than two decades that the others have followed.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Its policies can be defined from scratch or customized from off-the-shelf templates based on industry frameworks.
    — Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

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