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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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Shortly before the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday, the Chargers reached an agreement with the Broncos for Henley in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round draft pick and a 2028 fifth-round pick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

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

Tuesday's draft budget will need support from at least one opposition party to secure Senedd approval.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

A preseason injury derailed top draft pick J.J.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Even so, some Americans opposed the war and the draft.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

Forty-eight percent of students in the Fordham survey admitted to using AI to solve math problems, 36% to summarize books, 29% to write first drafts or essays, and 26% for help during quizzes and tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

First drafts are meant to be thought about.

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

Steven Benmor, a Toronto family lawyer, recently drafted a prenuptial agreement the way he said his client asked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

When he was drafted into Mercedes last year - to replace Hamilton, no less - there were those who said he was too inexperienced.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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

Upon returning to Germany, he was drafted into the army.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

After all, yet another risk of AI improving so rapidly is that anyone drafting regulations ends up writing rules for a world that no longer exists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

In the essay Robinson said his credentials include overseeing the writing of safety reports on 12 advanced model product launches and leading the drafting of OpenAI's Preparedness Framework.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 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

He typically works late into his evenings, and on most of his weekends, drawing designs on the computer, drafting plans, writing specifications, building Styrofoam and cardboard models to scale.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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