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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

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

The first draft of the after-action report said that the department’s decision not to fully staff up and pre-deploy available firefighters ahead of the ferocious winds “did not align” with policy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

But when he got back to the office, Moylan didn’t even bother taking off his drenched coat when he started typing the first draft of a memo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Mr. Mwila told us everything about what a first draft is and what a great opportunity a first draft provides.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia