Verb (used with object) : to front-load a washing machine; to front-load a video recorder. ,to front-load eight pounds of clothing; to front-load a cassette. ,The striking teachers prefer to front-load their fringe benefits. ,The politician front-loaded his campaigning.    From Dictionary.com. 

The timing is because of the front-loaded primaries.    From Wordnik.com.  [State By State, Huck Rises And Rudy Falls] Reference

Her pitch for cash was half-hearted and front-loaded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Holding A Public Event Today, After All] Reference

The fiscal stimulus could have been more front-loaded.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Am Dr. Realist'] Reference

That's the problem with having a very front-loaded process.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2008] Reference

But, all the campaigns now front-loaded their expenditures.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2004] Reference

It's unfortunate the way they have it now, all front-loaded.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2007] Reference

So this whole thing gets more and more and more front-loaded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview Of The President By Usa Today] Reference

Will he get tripped up by a short front-loaded primary schedule?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2008] Reference

And, right now, it seems to be front-loaded with Rudy and Romney.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2007] Reference

A prime reason, the front-loaded campaign calendar, not to mention money.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2000] Reference

Still, NYC is front-loaded with some top-notch stuff before it loses focus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sonic Youth, Stereolab Fall Short ��� Lovano 52nd St. by Way of Cleveland] Reference

And again, a front-loaded calendar, five days between Iowa and New Hampshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2008] Reference

Like sister-wives without the Mormon front-loaded hair or the prairie dresses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kate Clinton: Big Love Trumps Mr. Big] Reference

When you have a fixed rate loan, you're front-loaded with interest rates, right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2009] Reference

And the one thing I really regret is that this whole process has become so front-loaded.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Who Won the New Hampshire Presidential Debate? - January 26, 2000] Reference

Or at least, the U.S. even gets more of its stimulus that had been front-loaded into next year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2009] Reference

And while the primary process is front-loaded, there are five weeks leading up to Super Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2008] Reference

And, as a result, an election calendar already front-loaded with early contests is in flux again.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 21, 2007] Reference

Many in the state see the new front-loaded primaries as a threat to its first-in-the-nation cache.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2007] Reference

In 1960, the typical American couple had 3.7 kids, which front-loaded the country with young people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Of The Gray] Reference

We now have a front-loaded process where you basically are either nominated or out within six weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE FAMILY BUSINESS] Reference

The NHL, which has warned GMs about these front-loaded contracts, doesn't figure to feel the same pressure.    From Wordnik.com.  [NHLPA files grievance in Kovalchuk matter] Reference

In this front-loaded primary season, both parties presidential contests are likely to be over by mid-March.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2000] Reference

Athens has proven its critics wrong by implementing an ambitious and front-loaded fiscal adjustment program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greek Renaissance] Reference

Two more states are now threatening to push the already front-loaded schedule of contests into even more chaos.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2007] Reference

"What the government has committed to is a tough, front-loaded program that will correct things for the future.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Greece secures bailout from Europe and IMF] Reference

Shrek 4 surely will open huge, but theaters prefer leggier hits as opposed to massively front-loaded blockbusters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Mendelson: Weekend Box Office in Review] Reference

A front-loaded garage is perfectly fine, but make it a secondary element that's attached to one side of the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [10 Questions for . . . Marianne Cusato] Reference

This explains the reasons why she wanted a front-loaded primary season, and hasn't thought long term down the road.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary's Closer -- A Big Moment, Or Not Enough?] Reference

What we're afraid of is that, if these benefits are front-loaded, that, after one tour, these guys are going to leave.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 27, 2008] Reference

Plus, just when you thought the race to the White House couldn't be any more front-loaded, another state is jumping ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2007] Reference

But this year, with the ridiculously front-loaded primary schedule, things have been moving so fast ... well, you just never know.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zogby: Obama Leads In SC, Edwards Catching Up With Hillary For Second] Reference

Which reminds that the big economic stimulus package probably should have been more front-loaded, with more infrastructure spending.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Bradley: Is Obama Getting Overexposed?] Reference

I declared -- to show you how much front-loaded this process has become, I didn't even declare for President until this month, in 1991.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By The President To New Jersey Democratic Assembly] Reference

Alas, Twilight's previous opening weekend was the most front-loaded in history (it's still number two behind the Hannah Montana Movie).    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Mendelson: Twilight Saga: New Moon Shatters Single-Day Record] Reference

So inexorably, the resources are starting to come into line with a front-loaded strategy based on prevention and treatment linked to criminal justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By General Mccaffrey And Elena Kagan] Reference

It is the result of a front-loaded primary process, a process that Jeff Greenfield was talking about just a few minutes ago in our election 2000 coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Gore and Bush Dominate in Super Tuesday Primaries and Caucuses - March 7, 2000] Reference

We do have two folks in Washington who've been thinking a lot about whether or not these candidates have taken advantage of the so - called front-loaded process.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Gore and Bush Dominate in Super Tuesday Primaries and Caucuses - March 7, 2000] Reference

FRANKEN: It's about what the pros call ` an election cycle 'where the early primary states are so front-loaded, the candidates will appear as a blur from elsewhere on a TV screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2007] Reference