galley proof
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If journalism is the first draft of history, documentary filmmaking is often an overdue, dog-eared galley proof with no cover art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Cuarón received the 2015 novel that the series is based on from author Renée Knight about a decade ago as a galley proof.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
For the next seven years or so, all the way to galley proof in 1984, McCarthy whittled Blood Meridian down into the lean nightmare we now know.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2012
After okaying the galley proof, Editor Leach scribbled a headline: "The Revolt Against Crime."
From Time Magazine Archive
The youth ran his eye down the galley proof.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
