front-load
verb
front-loaded; front-loading; front-loads
: to assign costs or benefits to the early stages of (such as a contract, project, or time period)
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The schedule is front-loaded with tests that should reveal whether this team can stay atop college basketball after watching all of their starters (Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, Khaman Maluach, Sion James, and Tyrese Proctor) leave for the NBA.
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Jim attributed the decline to investor rejection of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ’s argument to spend more to front-load AI capacity.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Anime features tend to be front-loaded with big debuts followed by substantial drops in subsequent weekends.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
Auto lenders tend to front-load interest, so the older the loan, the less likely the driver has negative equity.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Jim attributed the decline to investor rejection of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ’s argument to spend more to front-load AI capacity.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Anime features tend to be front-loaded with big debuts followed by substantial drops in subsequent weekends.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
Auto lenders tend to front-load interest, so the older the loan, the less likely the driver has negative equity.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for front-load
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“Front-load.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-load. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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