front-load
verb
front-loaded; front-loading; front-loads
: to assign costs or benefits to the early stages of (such as a contract, project, or time period)
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But the high growth rates of the card, coupled with accounting requirements that forced it to front-load reserves for future losses, caught Goldman flat footed.
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 29 July 2025
Economists expect an improvement for the April-June quarter as imports rebalance after companies raced to front-load their purchases ahead of Trump’s tariffs.
—Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
This will front-load the slides with your most important and exciting revelations, so your audience will see them when their attention is piqued at the start.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Comic book adaptations have become susceptible to hard plummets, given how fans can front-load sales by flocking to opening weekend screenings.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 July 2025
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 29 July 2025
Economists expect an improvement for the April-June quarter as imports rebalance after companies raced to front-load their purchases ahead of Trump’s tariffs.
—Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
This will front-load the slides with your most important and exciting revelations, so your audience will see them when their attention is piqued at the start.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Comic book adaptations have become susceptible to hard plummets, given how fans can front-load sales by flocking to opening weekend screenings.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 July 2025
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“Front-load.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-load. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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