first draft
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There are two major shortcomings that keep it from carrying much more weight than a flawed first draft by a junior fellow at a minor think tank would.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Indeed, Britain’s encouragement of the slave trade was one of the offenses he cited in his first draft of the Declaration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In an email to ProPublica and Drilled, Socolow wrote that the document was not a first draft of “Wedges,” but, he added, it was the first substantial write-up of his ideas.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
To you it feels like — Like a first draft.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
With the first draft down, I found that I could not end the book satisfactorily.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
