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
  • But the analyst expects the moves will be front-loaded and eventually help the U.S. economy.
    — Brian Evans, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
  • There’s even some chatter that schools/collectives are trying to heavily front-load NIL deals with their current athletes so those deals would not be subject to the cap.
    — Joe Sabin, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Sample meal plan Moskovitz shared a day-in-the-life example of front-loading your diet by eating a larger breakfast, followed by smaller meals for lunch and dinner.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • There has been no weakness in the credit-card business and consumers are front-loading some spending over concerns about price increases, Barnum added.
    — Niket Nishant and Nupur Anand, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Lots of Loud Noises Washing machines tend to make more noise than many other household appliances, this is especially true for front-load washers.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • China released trade data overnight showing a slowdown in manufacturing growth in April compared to March, when orders were front-loaded ahead of tariffs.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 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

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