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final draft

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[fahyn-uhl draft] / ˈfaɪn əl ˈdræft /

noun

  • final drafts
    plural
  1. the complete, fully edited version of a project or piece of writing.


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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

Did speaking to Anne Hathaway influence your final draft?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

She wants to see the final draft of an apology before fully embracing it.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

A sixth and final draft, seen by AFP, greenlights member states -- either unilaterally or as "voluntary multinational naval partnerships" -- to use "all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances."

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

She hovered over one, and a bubble popped up that said, Dashiell Hammett lived at 1155 Leavenworth Street when he completed the final draft of The Maltese Falcon.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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