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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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A preseason injury derailed top draft pick J.J.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The Minnesota Vikings acquired quarterback Kirk Cousins from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a third-round draft pick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Under a collective bargaining agreement, the league and the union negotiate various restrictions on negotiation by individual players — draft pick signings, international player signings, minimum salaries, arbitration, free agency, and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The City Council voted 13-0 without discussion to instruct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance for the fee hike, which will require council approval.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

She thought it was because he hadn't registered for the draft.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

"It also included independent and expert-led metadata analysis of drafts written by the author."

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Grinstein recalls working on a screenplay with his co-writer and using Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, to generate initial drafts for them to edit and refine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

“First drafts DONE,” she wrote in the caption.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

It said it gathered all the working versions of the novel and hired an outside party to analyze the various drafts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

We inspected it several times a day, vigilant for signs of under- or overwatering, too much or too little sun, spider mites, drafts, chlorosis, general malaise.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Some of the people who received cards responded to say they had not had wills drafted by Fogg.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Last week, they traded eight-time Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to Seattle, and dealt star defensive tackle DeForest Buckner back to San Francisco, the team that drafted him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, said lawyers from her department have drafted briefs “for virtually every set of circumstances we could think of, except the zombie apocalypse.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Instead of a final declaration, the source expects a chair summary drafted by the United States to be published from this week's meeting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The boys were early trained to copy—though not to read; he had to teach himself that part—and those with any skill were drafted into scribing.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"It's going through the final contours, the legal drafting, and we hope to be able to finalise that soon and operationalise that once we get competitive advantage over our peer countries," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Many would-be landlords cringe at the legal costs of buying a property and drafting a lease.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

My father, Ether Furnier, began as a salesman but because he had learned drafting in the Navy, he became an electronics engineer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, who represents the southwest San Fernando Valley, was the only council member to vote against drafting the measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The drafting and editing of the Farewell Address in effect became a metaphor for the kind of collective effort Washington was urging on the American people as a whole.

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


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