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as in payload
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
the draft of an average-sized oil tanker
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as in to prepare
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form
draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem
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as in to drain
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter
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Recent Examples of draft
Piers Gelly
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
The 2024 fourth-round draft pick has returned to practice after tearing his ACL in November.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2025
Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
Guyton, who is entering his second season after being drafted in the first round in 2024, was mentioned by owner and general manager Jerry Jones as a standout early on in camp on Sunday.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2025
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Noun
During these conversations, my students expressed views that reaffirmed their initial survey choices, finding that AI wasn’t great for first drafts, but potentially useful in the pre- or post-writing stages of brainstorming and editing.
—Piers Gelly
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
The 2024 fourth-round draft pick has returned to practice after tearing his ACL in November.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2025
Verb
He was drafted in the sixth round by the Cowboys in 2007 and spent three seasons with them before his first stint with the Jets.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
Guyton, who is entering his second season after being drafted in the first round in 2024, was mentioned by owner and general manager Jerry Jones as a standout early on in camp on Sunday.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draft
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Mechanical design for modularity often borrows from practices in industries like aerospace, where modular payload bays have been used for decades.—
Jay Shah,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The payload adapter was initially tested and is being stored at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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Sip don't slam: Take a small first sip to open up your palate and then take a normal sip to fully appreciate the layered and nuanced taste of your premium sipping tequila.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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Stop by the tasting room for sips of North Carolina vintages.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 July 2025
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There isn’t a sound except the wind and the river, and the splash of Tommy’s net scooping our beauties out of the grey nickel blue.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The winds are expected to be similar to those on Saturday.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Travers impresses New signing Mark Travers has been recruited with a simple brief: to compete with long-term No 1 Pickford.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
21 July 2025
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The Amateur Athletic Union, or AAU for short, originally aimed to help youth in getting recruited to colleges or receiving scholarships.—
Sami Khan,
Mercury News,
20 July 2025
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The event will help shooters prepare for the statewide Marksmanship Challenge.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 July 2025
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Firefighters, aided by wind, prepare for fire to shift course Firefighters actively engaged in preparation efforts to limit the fire's chance of spreading to the lodge and store, with the fire inching closer to the store on the east side of the closed State Route 67.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
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Several of Yazan’s four older siblings also looked thin and drained.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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The answer is to stop dating men who drain your brilliance, and to start dating as the woman who chooses herself first.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Kenya’s foreign debt burden came under the spotlight in two separate ratings agency reports.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
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Users often juggle dozens—sometimes hundreds—of credentials, leading to frequent resets, weak reuse and support burdens.—
Peter Barker,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The coffee shops offer a variety of atmospheres and specialty drinks.—
Molly Gregory,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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Their go-to picks include easy handheld items like mandarins, veggie chips, yogurt drinks, Babybel cheese and string cheese snacks that travel well between sports, dance and days at the pool.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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“Draft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draft. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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