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
He also ruled that Google can no longer enforce contracts around its search product and other tools that require manufacturers to preload Google products on their devices.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 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
Typically, the preload is a liquid and given around 30 minutes before the carbohydrate.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2022
Venous return determines preload and the atrial reflex.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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
Under the program, families receive a debit card preloaded with $40 per month per eligible child, restricted for use on food.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 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
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
We actually put a lot of effort into making sure the game was constantly preloading whatever players would see next.
From The Verge ● Jan. 9, 2017
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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