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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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The last player chosen in the 1983 NFL draft, John Tuggle makes the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Ahead of the summit, the UK and EU agreed a draft deal on removing post-Brexit checks from food and agriculture exports.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 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

“I draft the requests, wait until it’s an appropriate point of the working day and send them out,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

When Hamilton showed a late draft of this passage to John Jay for his commentary, Jay expressed admiration for the style but slight discomfort with the argument.

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

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

But back in the ’60s, he was Chuck to the writers he met up with in Chicago bars to read drafts and debate the merits of their favorite Southern authors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But Kaz had spent his own money to have the Slat’s drafts shorn up and its walls insulated.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

“I think it was so splendid in Father to go as chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and not strong enough for a soldier,” said Meg warmly.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

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

Overseeing such a diverse mix is obviously too big a job for one person so Ellison added yet another flavor by drafting Ynon Kreiz as co-chief executive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We were drafting a curse on you and your house in case you decided not to play with us anymore.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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