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draft

[draft, drahft] / dræft, drɑft /
NOUN
something formulated; plan
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NOUN
gust of air
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The Chiefs selected him in the first round of the 2022 draft, and he helped them make three Super Bowl appearances, winning two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

In the past, veteran lawyers would teach more junior colleagues by walking through a draft contract or memo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Prior to the pause in April, the UK and Mauritius had signed an agreement in May 2025 but a final draft of the bill to hand over sovereignty of the islands had not passed Parliament.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Answer this question, draft this text, or do something else right here in the app.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jefferson was an elegant stylist, to be sure, which was one of the main reasons that he, John Adams, had selected him to draft the famous document in the first place.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The bill has been through several drafts and has been scrutinised by several Parliamentary committees and the House of Lords, which submitted 1,200 amendments.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

It’s the government itself that controls when it releases drafts and final versions of all these rules and regulations.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Harvey II is offering personal memory, meaning it will remember, for example, a lawyer’s preferences for writing drafts, making and tracking changes to texts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

In response to questions from ProPublica, Winn said “I can’t really comment on internal drafts of correspondence.”

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Like all the King’s House this room was high, red, old, bare, with a musty chill on the air as if the drafts blew in not from other rooms but from other centuries.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Eastern on the day I drafted this story.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

However, Gurney, who was drafted in as a late replacement when Lourence Ilagan withdrew from the 32-man field, responded by taking the ninth leg.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

When I graduated in 1969, I had a choice: I had been drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 40th round as a pitcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

But the Chargers knew from the day they drafted him that he was fully capable of playing center if needed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Kurt was a few years older than I and was drafted.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Some senators are drafting a bipartisan bill that could be introduced this week, which would likely try to impose a “duty of care” on frontier developers, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Some assembly members have now accused the minister of making a "U-turn", with "substantial sums of public money" spent on drafting legislation "to fix his error of judgement".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

"Credible research suggests that community notes can only be effective when contributors can rely on accurate, ethically produced, fact-checked journalism and other high-quality sources when drafting their notes," Chetwynd said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Heyward’s selection wasn’t a surprise — “We know the Braves have a history of drafting young players from the area,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

But the drafting boards of America’s engineers remained dishearteningly barren.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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