drafted

verb

past tense of draft
1
as in recruited
to pick especially for required military service my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed

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2
as in prepared
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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3
as in drained
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 drafted If the draft was still 40 or 50 or more rounds, there would certainly be more locals drafted. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 Herro spent seven seasons with the Miami Heat, where he was drafted in 2019 as the 13th overall pick. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 July 2026 New vice president of basketball Bryson Graham looked to reshape the roster and keeping Olbrich — who was drafted by Graham’s predecssor, Artūras Karnišovas — was not a priority. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 But there was another UCLA star, drafted in the first round, who has been worth even more wins above replacement than Cole. — ABC News, 13 July 2026 Alarmingly, the agency that drafted these protective rules was dissolved in 1977. — Janet Handal, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026 The Giants drafted Rutgers outfielder Peyton Bonds in the third round of the amateur draft on Saturday, putting him with the same franchise where uncle Barry Bonds and grandfather Bobby Bonds both starred for years. — CBS News, 13 July 2026 James Tronstein, The Times’ baseball player of the year from Harvard-Westlake, was drafted in the 15th round on Sunday by the Astros. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 But for where he was drafted, the body of work was realistically all anyone should have expected, because Mitchell and Booker are the outliers in that draft slot. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drafted
  1. recruited
  2. prepared
  3. drained
  4. conscripted
  5. composed
  6. pumped
  7. levied
  8. wrote
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  • Later in 2002, Vallas recruited Johnson to join him in Philadelphia, where Vallas was hired as CEO of that city’s school district.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
  • Alongside a brand partnership with Beyoncé, who penned a paean to Levi’s on her most recent album, the company has also recruited a Bollywood star and top European and British influencers — most of them female — to sport its looks.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of recruited
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  • Residents in these areas are encouraged to be prepared in case an evacuation is issued.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Before opening her store, Altshuler had prepared three hundred and sixty jars of pickles to sell, and eventually started giving them away to people who donated books.
    — Emma Allen, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of prepared
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  • No date has been announced, but USA TODAY asked the Department of the Interior and the White House when the pool would be drained and repairs would begin.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Conwell drained a three on his first shot but then missed six in a row, before hitting another three late in the third quarter.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of drained
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  • After Taylor left the band in 1974, the Stones conscripted Ron Wood, formerly of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
  • The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
    — Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
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  • The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026
  • Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors—along with special consideration from makeup artists.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 11 July 2026
Definition of composed
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  • The aorta is the largest blood vessel in body and the first place blood travels through as it’s pumped from the heart to other parts of the body.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • After a judge approved the agreement during a short hearing in Little Rock District Court, Olivia Thompson turned to the audience and pumped her fist in the air.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026
Definition of pumped
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  • Several of the companies were shocked by the number of requirements levied in the NASA documents.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • DeVuono’s penalty is the largest civil penalty fine levied in the agency’s 125-year history.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
Definition of levied
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  • Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood), who co-wrote the legislation that expanded the film and television tax credit, says that the cap appears to have been an oversight, and that members believed the film program was exempt.
    — Gio Insignares, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Kolmogorov wrote the formal proof himself and submitted it for publication with Karatsuba listed as the lead author.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Definition of wrote

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