first draft
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After her editor sent 11 pages of feedback and issued a two-month deadline for an overhaul, Fortune forgave herself for not getting a gold star on her first draft.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
A first draft was completed by August, possibly earlier.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025
But his inauguration speech had to be special, and Garfield wasn't satisfied with his first draft.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
