first draft

Example Sentences

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A.I. didn’t outline it for me and didn’t catch typos on a first draft, though I don’t have any more of a moral issue with that practice than I do with using spellcheck.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

However, Cardinal Jose Cobo Cano, Archbishop of Madrid, stressed it was only a first draft of a plan for now.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

He has always started his novels in notebooks, he says, before typing a first draft on his trusted typewriter, then moving onto a computer.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Within minutes the computer had produced a first draft that included the findings of fact that had taken his team weeks to produce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

“They were probably looking for this,” he said, retrieving their first draft of the treasure map from its hiding place in the bottom right-hand drawer.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein