How to Use preload in a Sentence

preload

verb
  • Choi preloads the reservoir with bacteria and freeze-dries them.
    Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
  • All of the software that creates images on your screen is preloaded onto the drive.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Simply preload the wooden pellets in the hopper, which are then pulled into the fire pot by an auger.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The device comes preloaded with a full theme built around the dark side and Kylo Ren.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 12 Dec. 2019
  • So scammers preload the text of the event entry with a phishing link and a short line to entice targets to click.
    Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 17 June 2019
  • The unit is working to get more Oath apps preloaded in new smartphones, which could boost usage.
    Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Safari doesn’t come preloaded with bookmarks to partner websites.
    Nilay Patel, The Verge, 2 July 2019
  • To remove any lash in the driveline and to preload the driveshaft and trans with torque, inch up to the line a bit while still holding the brakes.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 20 July 2017
  • Even though beacons are preloaded with $10, some homeless people will not accept one.
    Scott Greenstone, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2018
  • The app even has preloaded recipes and temperatures for different meats.
    James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The only way to buy these items on most United flights is to preload a credit or debit card into your account.
    Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • Super Nintendo is hitting stores again this fall, preloaded with vintage games.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2017
  • Android phones come preloaded with Google apps and services, including Search.
    Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • With the app, users preload emergency contacts to be pinged when they are pulled over or confronted by law enforcement officers.
    NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Cards will be preloaded with your payment and feature the same protections against loss, theft and fraud as a traditional bank account would.
    NBC News, 30 May 2020
  • Xbox players can preload the game right now, but PS5 owners need to buy a Founder's pack to initiate preload.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • As the Avenue of the Giants has spotty cell service, visitors should preload the route onto the maps app of their choice.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Go to Settings, Safari, Autofill, and preload your contact info.
    Simon Hill Brian Barrett, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Each 3310 came preloaded with the throwback classic, Snake, so the Bothie will have some big shoes to fill.
    Rebecca Dolan, Esquire, 17 Aug. 2017
  • The service would come with an app preloaded on AT&T Wireless customers’ smartphones.
    Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 13 June 2018
  • But on Thursday, the FDA moved forward with a ban on all preloaded nicotine devices with sweet and savory flavors.
    Nic Garcia, Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Today, Android phones come preloaded with 11 apps, each of which generates revenue for Google in a different way.
    Douglas MacMillan, WSJ, 18 July 2018
  • Device makers and carriers can preload competing app stores alongside Google Play, for example.
    John D. McKinnon, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Rift Apart utilize the SSD to preload worlds and levels in seconds in anticipation of the player’s next move.
    Michael J. Seidlinger, Wired, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Google says its agreements with mobile carriers reduce the prices people pay for phones and allow carriers and device makers to preload their own or other competing apps and app stores.
    Aaron Tilley, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2021
  • But as the drama proceeds episodically, some of those episodes, artfully constructed and preloaded for significance, founder and go nowhere.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Google could still make billions of dollars in payments to Apple to preload Google Search onto the iPhone and other company devices.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But in most countries, the official Play store is the main place to get apps, and Google has required device makers to preload the store on phones, which competitors say gives it an unfair advantage.
    Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • Then step on the brake pedal while adding pressure on the gas pedal to preload the driveline, and right before the maximum amount of boost is available–this metric is displayed in the instrument cluster–release the brakes.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2021

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