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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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When I was finishing up my MFA at the University of Arizona, I gave my mentor a draft of my novel, which was set out West.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Metro staffers are reviewing comments on the draft environmental impact statement, the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The attack comes as Iran’s top leaders weigh a draft agreement with Oman to set up new shipping lanes through the strait and gradually open it to traffic in exchange for concessions from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Commissioners will be asked to select from Baker’s draft decision or last month’s proposal from the agency’s administrative law judge, Jamie Ormond.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

When Hamilton began to draft his Report on the Public Credit in September of 1789, Madison was one of the first persons he consulted for advice.

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

What’s so bad about a business or an executive using generative AI to polish up their LinkedIn drafts?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"We are co-ordinating very closely with the Omanis to facilitate the talks between both sides, exchanging ideas, drafts between both sides," Ansari told reporters.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

A few months later, the celebrated aviator Charles Lindbergh made camp in Lebec to test a glider in the mountain drafts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

NBA mock drafts projected Cameron Carr getting selected somewhere between 15 and 20 in the first round on Tuesday night.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

No one noticed him slipping notes and handwritten drafts of technical papers—documents he would have no reason to take home—into his briefcase.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Those Russian demands were included in a 28-point document drafted by the United States -- later cut down to 19 -- after separate negotiations with Kyiv and Moscow.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The Brewers also drafted in the last two years the Ebel brothers from Corona, Brady and Trey, so when they make visits to Dodger Stadium, it’s a big deal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Or June 9, 2009, the date the Angels drafted the best player in franchise history, Mike Trout.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Working with the city, the architects also drafted housing blueprints for vacant lots that any builder can use to speed construction.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Then he had been drafted and fought for the 442nd, the combat unit made up of Japanese American men.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

In June, as I was drafting this essay, we experienced another pregnancy loss, this time a rare and dangerous type of ectopic pregnancy.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

“And so we want to make sure that the productive conversations we’ve had the last couple of weeks on that section specifically are reflected in the drafting of the bill.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The audio was recorded during the drafting of the 2017 memoir that Biden penned with co-writer Mark Zwonitzer.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Private-practice attorney Nick Owens and Austin Baurichter, a practicing lawyer and Karley’s husband, began drafting the ConserveOhio petition in March to fight back against local plans to build large-scale data centers across the region.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

He sits in the darkened drafting room, surrounded by the desks of his coworkers, some piled with drawings and models, others as neat as a pin.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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