variants or less commonly front loaded
: organized to concentrate a key element in the early stages of a process, project, etc.
The Tony ceremony was front-loaded and action-packedheading in Variety
a front-loaded primary season [=a primary voting season in which most voting occurs early in the season]

front-loaded

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of front-load

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of front-loaded was in 1966

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“Front-loaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-loaded. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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