Definition of "placeholders" [placeholders]

• Plural form of placeholder. (noun)

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• "The term 'placeholders' entered the general lexicon when New Democrats recruited to fill the slate in Quebec unexpectedly found themselves victorious in the federal election last spring."
• "Great idea to lay out the bones of the post first and then freely leave gaps and pop in placeholders for stories, quotes, and so on."
• "So I put in placeholders for where the quotes would sit."