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the placeholder
noun
Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
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A death is the placeholder for my memories of art in 2012.
In Politico, conservatives referred to the placeholder Mitt as a transitional figure and "an ideal segue".
By Peter Schjeldahl December 26 , 2012A death is the placeholder for my memories of art in 2012.
For those who don't speak fluent Beatle, "scrambled eggs" were the placeholder lyrics McCartney used for the melody that eventually became "Yesterday".
Facebook even prompts status updates with "What's on your mind?" as the placeholder text in the input box, and asks users how they are feeling.
Keenum, the placeholder QB while rookie Jared Goff marinates on the sidelines, quietly managed the game, dragging the team into field goal range three times.
On the other hand, the transience of these projects — and the "placeholder" mentality behind them — points to the perpetually fraught relationship between commerce and art.
Like a small-scale version of "The Arcades Project," it is the placeholder for a book he could never finish, a ruin occupying the site where he planned a monument, and, as such, it has to be carefully interpreted.
The placeholder story mode and both the single and multiplayer options are shockingly skeletal, and while Capcom has pitched SFV as a single-purchase platform with a wealth of free DLC in the coming months, early adopters should beware.
Unless a creditor is very diligent, a Chapter 13 filing stays a foreclosure for two or three months, Judge Markell explained: "The placeholder filing buys you time to time to maneuver, to find another location".
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Congress has already removed from the federal budget the $250 billion "placeholder" the Obama administration requested to prop up financial markets if necessary.
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