draft
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He was a superstar prospect in high school who eschewed a scholarship to Stanford to sign with the New York Mets, who had selected him in the first round of the 1980 draft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Two years earlier, they had traded away their first-round pick for the rights to draft the exciting Rickea Jackson.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Not until the Civil War did Congress enact a national draft, and even then it was met with significant resistance through both legal and political action and riots in the streets.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
In a draft email, that the prosecution said was recovered from this phone, he said he was a "human rights activist" who had been arrested in Kuwait.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“Who’d like to read their draft out loud?” she says in an encouraging tone.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Vocabulary lists containing draft
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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