preload
Americanverb (used with object)
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India has scrapped an order making it mandatory for smartphone makers to preload a state-run cyber safety app on new phones after a public furore.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
“We pay for preload exclusivity on a device-by-device basis,” Pichai said under questioning by the Justice Department.
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023
Most of the scientific research on whether eating food in a particular order makes a difference to glucose spikes involves giving a fiber, fat or protein "preload" before the meal.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2022
Typically, the preload is a liquid and given around 30 minutes before the carbohydrate.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2022
There are several important variables, including size of the heart, physical and mental condition of the individual, sex, contractility, duration of contraction, preload or EDV, and afterload or resistance.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
To start, the IUD comes preloaded in the inserter, removing a step for the doctor charged with placing it.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
A cartridge containing small tubes preloaded with different antibiotics is placed directly into the urine sample and inserted into an instrument.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026
Low-income Minnesotans can also qualify for a preloaded debit card to pay for incidental expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
People in Wales who cannot eat gluten will be given debit-style cards preloaded with money to help pay for their food.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
It was still sunny, but thick dark clouds were gathering on the horizon, no doubt preloaded with the evenings standard dump of snow.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Here’s how the pricing shakes out, and if you preorder the games, they’ll begin preloading on your console.
From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2022
Beginning next year, Verizon will join AT&T and T-Mobile in preloading Android Messages as the default texting app on all Android phones it sells.
From The Verge ● Jul. 20, 2021
Preloaded devices or USBs: Some schools are preloading lessons onto devices or USBs for students so that they can complete and return work for grading without needing internet.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2020
In 2015, the whole project was scrapped in favor of preloading Google Wallet onto Android devices.
From The Verge ● Dec. 20, 2019
You stay up for days preloading the machine with an exhaustive, explicit definition of “cat.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2016
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