The phrase "a draft stage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an early phase in a process where ideas or plans are still being developed and are not yet finalized.
Example: "The project is currently in a draft stage, and we welcome feedback from all team members before moving forward."
Alternatives: "preliminary phase" or "initial draft".
Almost all financial papers go through a draft stage, where they can be pretty much in the form they appear in print, after all the revisions and corrections, but before that pricey "Journal of Wicked Expensive Articles" badge goes into the page header.
The genome of NaphS2 was sequenced to a draft stage by the whole random shotgun method [31], [32].
Recently completed goat genome sequence was released but is still in a draft stage.
As a result, the vast majority of vertebrate genome sequences generated to date remain at a draft stage.
For squamate reptiles, it will be appropriate to develop a denser physical map for P. vitticeps, a species which already has a preliminary physical map, BAC library and whole genome sequence assembly at a draft stage.
With nearly 1,000 fully sequenced genomes, to date, and many more at a draft stage, comparative genomics has already highlighted major differences in the evolution of prokaryote and eukaryote genomes.
The institute has told stakeholders that the report is in an "advanced draft stage", and the final report will be available by the end of April.
Through formative comments, particularly in the draft stage of a writing assignment, instructors guide students on a strategic selection of the most important aspects of the essay.
With one set of rules struck down by courts, a new law, still in draft stage, would criminalize any advocacy of "unnatural" sexual practices.
We note that a rigorous assessment of the reported assembly is not a trivial undertaking and will need to be performed, as the assembly evolves from its draft stage toward a more established reference.
"That's a nice hat you got there!" Arrington yelled to Samuels in a room for families behind the draft stage after both became Redskins.
