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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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Jayden Daniels was the second pick of that 2024 draft behind Williams and he left Washington's defeat at Dallas with a serious injury to the same elbow he dislocated last season.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

What the draft doesn’t mention is that the report was commissioned by Paramount.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Under the EU draft seen by AFP, the following would apply:

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

It can have a conversation, draft an email, search through texts and photos, and respond to complex search queries.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

By 1796, he had begun to draft his last will and testament, in which he eventually made elaborate provisions to assure that all his slaves would be freed upon the death of his wife.

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

Go do this 10-minute play workshop, then do 90 drafts of it, and then we’ll do a reading.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Picked near the top of their respective drafts, both men crafted passable but underwhelming careers in the league.

From Salon Aug. 29, 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

In the next week the first drafts of our Nature paper got handed out and two were sent down to London for comments from Adaurice and Rosy.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

After finishing at the University of Minnesota in 1973, I was drafted by four teams in three different sports—baseball’s San Diego Padres, basketball’s Atlanta Hawks and Utah Stars, and football’s Minnesota Vikings.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

With hundreds of thousands of men drafted to fight, labour shortages are also hitting the sector.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 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

Geno Smith is back with the New York Jets, the team that drafted him.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The Durham Housing Authority was finally created in 1949 and a city housing code was drafted in 1956—both measures that should have helped poor residents but, in fact, accomplished little.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Since they started drafting the NPS, there has been a change of prime minister, and a change of political temperature on this issue.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Kids who didn’t use AI for drafting text scored 28 points higher on average than those who used it almost every day—equivalent of 1½ school years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The operation also ghost-wrote official testimonies intended for delivery at the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, drafting them under "specific restrictions" that the speeches not mention the UAE.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

SAG-AFTRA and the Motion Picture Editors Guild have started drafting new-media-specific contracts in response.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

My father was overjoyed when I showed drafting and visual memory aptitude.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys




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