preloaded; preloading; preloads
: to load in advance and especially at a time removed from that of use
preloaded software
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Club stock Apple jumped more than 3% on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled that Alphabet can continue making payments to preload its Google Search onto iPhones and other Apple devices.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
The company will not, however, be barred from paying device makers to preload its products, including Google Search and its generative AI products.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
By letting people preload the beta, EA ensured that most of the server load for the beta would be people who are playing the game rather than those trying to download the game.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, Samsung wants to preload Perplexity on its phones and also integrate the company's search functionality directly into its Internet Browser.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 June 2025
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
The company will not, however, be barred from paying device makers to preload its products, including Google Search and its generative AI products.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
By letting people preload the beta, EA ensured that most of the server load for the beta would be people who are playing the game rather than those trying to download the game.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, Samsung wants to preload Perplexity on its phones and also integrate the company's search functionality directly into its Internet Browser.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 June 2025
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“Preload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preload. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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preload
noun
pre·load
-ˈlōd 
: the stretched condition of the heart muscle at the end of diastole just before contraction
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