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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frontload.

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  • IFFIm, essentially 'frontloads' the pledges coming from the seven donor Governments involved over the coming 20 years, so therefore the funds are raised immediately through the capital markets, backed by the countries 'guarantees, that they will reimburse the money with their future aid flows.

    This is Money | Home 2009

  • IFFIm, essentially 'frontloads' the pledges coming from the seven donor Governments involved over the coming 20 years, so therefore the funds are raised immediately through the capital markets, backed by the countries 'guarantees, that they will reimburse the money with their future aid flows.

    This is Money | Home 2009

  • A new program funding long-term care frontloads taxes but backloads spending, gradually going broke by design .

    ObamaCare's Reality Deficit 2011

  • But the basic point is that the administration's deal, which frontloads in 2011, is not well-timed to bolster Obama's chances at reelection.

    The tax deal and 2012 revisited Ezra Klein 2010

  • So you're really comparing two different kinds of tax deals, one of which frontloads in 2011, and one of which doesn't.

    The tax deal and 2012 revisited Ezra Klein 2010

  • Amadeu Altafaj Tardio, a spokesman for Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for economic affairs, said Thursday it ' s important that lawmakers pass the 2011 budget that frontloads € 6 billion in savings and tax increases, but critics say consumers could buckle under such severe cuts.

    Fianna Fail Seen Losing Seat in Donegal Quentin Fottrell 2010

  • The article frontloads his significant opposition to the Democrats and then endorses Obama because he thinks he can change Obama's mind more easily than he can McCain's.

    Doug Kmiec, conservative lawprof, counsel to conservative presidents, endorses Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Last month, AFL-CIO Chief Economist Ron Blackwell told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee the nation needs an economic stimulus package that frontloads public investment in infrastructure to maintain our schools and repair crumbling bridges and deteriorating highways.

    Every $1 Billion Spent on Rebuilding Infrastructure Creates 42,000 Jobs 2008

  • Like the author of dull academic studies, whose only joy is coming up with the titles - "He's a Maniac, Maniac: A Study of Manic Depression" (title mine) - Powell frontloads flat writing with frothy wit.

    PoetryFoundation.org 2009

  • Like the author of dull academic studies, whose only joy is coming up with the titles - "He's a Maniac, Maniac: A Study of Manic Depression" (title mine) - Powell frontloads flat writing with frothy wit.

    PoetryFoundation.org 2009

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