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first draft

NOUN
rough diamond
Synonyms
WEAK
design diamond in the rough first stab mock-up raw material rough outline rough sketch study unlicked cub

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A first draft was submitted for approval in September but it has since undergone changes.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Here’s my first draft of a national-security agenda for Democrats seeking the White House in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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

‘Yeah. I wrote the first draft, but now she’s saying I need to revise it.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson