draft
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From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
More than 130 million names have so far been removed from draft voter lists nationwide.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Lecornu has said the draft law could allow compensation payments to be recovered from family allowances and housing benefits while ensuring a minimum income.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The baseball world was captivated by left-handed pitching prospect Jim Abbott ahead of the 1988 major league draft mostly because he didn’t have a right hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
They had worked side by side in the Continental Congress, first as staunch opponents of reconciliation with England, then as members of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Forty-eight percent of students in the Fordham survey admitted to using AI to solve math problems, 36% to summarize books, 29% to write first drafts or essays, and 26% for help during quizzes and tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The bill has been through several drafts and has been scrutinised by several Parliamentary committees and the House of Lords, which submitted 1,200 amendments.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Go do this 10-minute play workshop, then do 90 drafts of it, and then we’ll do a reading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s the government itself that controls when it releases drafts and final versions of all these rules and regulations.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
He spent hour upon hour working on drafts of his speeches— indeed, he devoted fully six weeks to preparing his first major speech in the House of Commons.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Under his guidance in 1977, the Padres drafted future Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith in the fourth round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
It drafted a plan that was informed by secret trips to border cities made by Canadian army generals, who would pose as tourists and snap photos of bridges and highways for intelligence.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“When I first interviewed Mogbo when he was drafted, I was shocked ’cause he was so dumb,” the person said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
It found a cheap one nearby and drafted a pickup message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
In mid-November 1941, a group of Japanese artists and religious leaders— poets, painters, writers, photographers, and the like—are suddenly drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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The league initially was neutral on Measure J, but “we do not believe a decision voters made at the ballot box should be undone because of an administrative or drafting error,” its statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Students spent weeks searching library catalogs, locating journal articles, reading books, organizing notes, developing arguments, drafting and revising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Corporate restructurings and AI use have automated away many of the repetitive tasks junior staffers used to do, like drafting reports or pulling data into spreadsheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Some assembly members have now accused the minister of making a "U-turn", with "substantial sums of public money" spent on drafting legislation "to fix his error of judgement".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Then he backs toward his drafting table, sweeping away his half-finished school project to reveal a blank page and picking up a pencil.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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