front-loaded

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adjective

front-load·​ed ˈfrənt-ˌlō-dəd 

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-packed

—heading in Variety

a front-loaded primary season [=a primary voting season in which most voting occurs early in the season]

front-loaded

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past tense and past participle of front-load

Examples of front-loaded in a Sentence

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Adjective

The big spend is front-loaded and once the data centers are built, revenue keeps growing, cutting down that lofty capex / revenue figure shown above. — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for front-loaded

• corroded
• decoded
• downloaded
• encoded
• eroded
• exploded
• outmoded
• preloaded
• reloaded
• unloaded
• uploaded
• boded