How to Use front-load in a Sentence

front-load

verb

• But the structure of the season means that the Lina story is front-loaded, and Gilpin isn’t around a lot for the concluding episodes.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
• Beating Phoenix — a team this front-loaded with talent — a fourth time in as many tries was going to be tough.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• This year’s home schedule is front-loaded with 12 games before the Japan trip and five after the Cubs return to Mesa.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
• Like the months ahead of the Oct. 1 port strike, importers are front-loading goods into the U.S. due to the possibility of a work stoppage.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
• That's a slim 49% drop from its opening, which is rare for big superhero films that tend to be front-loaded and have big second weekend drops of 60% or more.
  — USA TODAY, 14 May 2023
• That’s a big drop, even for the Marvel franchise, which is often front-loaded with die-hard fans buying tickets to avoid spoilers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• This year’s route, however, is front-loaded with a trip through the Pyrenees, and its mountain stages are somewhat evenly spread out.
  — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 29 June 2023
• Mortgage payments are also front-loaded with interest, often as high as 80% during the first few years of the loan.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2024
• The film, debuting at Sundance, comes front-loaded with intrigue.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
• Now, Kori explains, the family front-loads meals with protein.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
• The explosive demand Nvidia has witnessed over the last few years may very well have been front-loaded, with future growth very likely slowing.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
• At least the premiere front-loads the season’s weak points, giving viewers an accurate indication of what’s to come.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 27 June 2024
• Many of the programs are geared toward preschoolers, in part because of a desire to front-load a child’s life with meaningful experiences in nature.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
• Kaplan agrees these titles have been front-loaded for 40 years, but reader interest is getting harder to hold.
  — Alexander Sorondo, Vox, 31 July 2024
• Hoffman said the earlier back-to-school sales mean freight volumes are front-loaded for the season, and retailers must have their deliveries on time.
  — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 17 July 2024
• As clarity begins to settle around the tariffs and the opportunity to front-load goods into the U.S. fades, the growth in inbound cargo volume will start to subside.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025
• The festival is usually front-loaded, with the splashiest titles playing early.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
• And many are already predicting a robust run, versus being front-loaded.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
• Most of those gains, however, were front-loaded in the first two decades when resources like water and developable land were more abundant, housing costs were lower and the state was perceived as being more business-friendly, Sobanet said.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• All the festive fun is front-loaded: picking out the perfect specimen, bedazzling its boughs with lights and meaningful ornaments, and gathering around it to sing carols and sip eggnog.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• And the Biden administration front-loaded some funding in anticipation of this type of action.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
• With how bad the offensive line was this past season, overpaying is understandable, but if there aren't any early outs in this contract, or the ability to front-load it, this contract could turn into a rough one quickly.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
• December is anticipated to see a massive flow of cargo into U.S. seaports as retailers and brands continue to front-load ahead of the tariffs.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
• That’s not unusual for any project from a superstar in today’s music economy—streams keep hits and full-lengths afloat, while pure purchases front-load a title’s success, and then drop off precipitously.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
• This is partly because exports are expected to be strong as companies try to front-load shipments abroad to avoid new tariffs introduced by the incoming Trump administration.
  — Yue Wang, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
• Experts have previously echoed to Fortune that encouraging staff to front-load their work and maximize productivity earlier on in the week can reduce burnout and Sunday night anxiety.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 11 May 2023
• Before, depreciation was typically only partially front-loaded, with the full balance spread over five years.
  — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2023
• Now there’s a greater emphasis on overall deals being productive, with compensation based on the execution of successful projects rather than being front-loaded, industry execs say.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• This is particularly advantageous in the early years of the mortgage since amortization schedules front-load interest payments.
  — Paul Daneshrad, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Counter-intuitively, starting asynchronously often speeds up the entire decision process by front-loading perspectives, objections, and innovations.
  — Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025