final draft
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The report states that reviewers “were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations . . . nor did they see the final draft before its release.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Then in March, Mottershead wrote his own version of the two scientists’ near final draft, stating in an email that he was attempting to “make the word ‘wedge’ the brand for the work.”
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Both the Commons and Lords have settled on a final draft of the "landmark" legislation that aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking to create a smoke-free generation.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Bahrain had brought a resolution that, according to the final draft seen by AFP, greenlights member states to use "all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Since our machinist needed at least three days merely to turn out the more simple phosphorus atoms, I went back to Clare after lunch to hammer out the final draft of my genetics manuscript.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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