off-the-shelf
adjective
: available as a stock item : not specially designed or custom-made
off-the-shelf software
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Examples of off-the-shelf in a Sentence
she chose to have her computer designed to her specifications rather than buying an off-the-shelf machine
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What began with efforts to modify cheap, off-the-shelf drones that could be used for surveillance has turned into the development of long-range attack drones that are capable of striking hundreds of miles beyond Ukraine’s borders.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 19 July 2024
What was once mostly the realm of nation-state actors or large groups can now be accomplished with turnkey, off-the-shelf software available for purchase on the dark web.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2024
The therapy is simple to administer, using off-the-shelf optical prisms over 10 therapy sessions of 20 minutes each.
—Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
That was followed by open source with customization (31%), which are AI models built to address a specific use case, and then off-the-shelf open source (20%), AI models that are generally free to use.
—John Kell, Fortune, 17 July 2024
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 19 July 2024
What was once mostly the realm of nation-state actors or large groups can now be accomplished with turnkey, off-the-shelf software available for purchase on the dark web.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2024
The therapy is simple to administer, using off-the-shelf optical prisms over 10 therapy sessions of 20 minutes each.
—Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
That was followed by open source with customization (31%), which are AI models built to address a specific use case, and then off-the-shelf open source (20%), AI models that are generally free to use.
—John Kell, Fortune, 17 July 2024
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“Off-the-shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-the-shelf. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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