first draft

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To you it feels like — Like a first draft.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

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

The mere rereading of what I’d written made me think of the possibility of developing themes which had been only hinted at in the first draft.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright