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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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I just think that movie could pick up a lot of nominations, and if in fact you were doing a fantasy draft, I think it would be really strong on your roster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

A third-round pick in the 2023 draft, Henley has 317 tackles and five sacks over 56 career games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Next week, ministers will unveil draft spending plans for all public services for the 2027-28 financial year.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

He was released following two ugly years in Atlanta, and Las Vegas brought him aboard to keep the seat warm for No. 1 overall draft pick Fernando Mendoza.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

On Monday, June 22, Haupt listened to his parents and friends and went to the draft board and the FBI.

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

Mr. Mwila said, “You have submitted your first drafts to me and I have returned them.”

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

In one case, Posner misunderstood an order from his boss, and drafted an opinion coming out on the wrong side of the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 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

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

His move to Minnesota marked the end of a significant chapter in his career, with the point guard leaving the team that originally drafted him.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 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

Counsel is drafting a legal brief, not an item for the front page of some tabloid publication.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"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

Now a real estate developer in his early 80s, his organisation is drafting plans for what he calls "the day after" in Cuba.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I spend the subway ride home drafting the text in my notes app—which of course makes the whole thing loom even larger.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera


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