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noun

drafting

writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

In a sentence

Six example sentences with drafting, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her drafting takes a fortnight, and the real book only appears during the months of rewriting that follow.

    Literature

  • Most of the associate's week went to drafting, since partners preferred arguing over a rough clause to an empty page.

    Law

  • Two hours of drafting gave the founders something ugly to react to, which beat another week of polite discussion.

    Startups

  • The drafting of the bill took a month, and the version that reached the floor kept only its title unchanged.

    Politics

  • She left the drafting of the proposal to the junior team, then spent an afternoon cutting it in half.

    Business

  • Screenwriters treat drafting as a sprint, getting a rough script down in weeks before the slow work of revision begins.

    Movies

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