off-the-shelf
adjective
: available as a stock item : not specially designed or custom-made
off-the-shelf software
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she chose to have her computer designed to her specifications rather than buying an off-the-shelf machine
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After all, off-the-shelf commercial quadcopter drones modified to carry explosives for one-way ground attack missions are ubiquitous on the battlefields of the 2020s.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Officials said the truck had been packed with off-the-shelf ingredients, including fireworks, small canisters of propane and exploding targets used in shooting.
—Dave Philipps, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Companies in industries such as finance, healthcare or data privacy may find that many off-the-shelf solutions may fall short of compliance standards.
—Mohan Kumar, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
More importantly, Ingenuity was built with commercial, off-the-shelf hardware.
—Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2024
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Paul Iddon, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Officials said the truck had been packed with off-the-shelf ingredients, including fireworks, small canisters of propane and exploding targets used in shooting.
—Dave Philipps, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Companies in industries such as finance, healthcare or data privacy may find that many off-the-shelf solutions may fall short of compliance standards.
—Mohan Kumar, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
More importantly, Ingenuity was built with commercial, off-the-shelf hardware.
—Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Off-the-shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-the-shelf. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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