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[doun-lohd] / ˈdaʊnˌloʊd /


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Back up your iPhone, then go to Settings > General > Software Update to start the download.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

"Any message asking a job seeker to download an app to participate in an interview is not legitimate."

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Chinese companies have released powerful open-weight models in recent weeks which let users download the numerical parameters that determine their behavior, prompting administration officials to consider restricting access to those tools due to security concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

It also unveiled a tool that allows users to download maps featuring their own custom names for the lake.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Now you should go download "Oh Well, Okay" and "Between the Bars."

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

The regulator said that while the company had followed all the correct procedures it had now "obtained the flight data recording downloads as well as other additional requirements" for further analysis.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Digital downloads accounted for nearly 82 percent of game sales on the PS4 and PS5 at the start of 2026, Sony said in late July.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

The FT’s article reports that the Chinese government discussed restricting the transfer of important data abroad and limiting the downloads of models by foreign users.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

According to Similarweb, a digital market intelligence company, downloads of the app began to rise from just over 14,000 last October to 33,710 in November.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

The vials and collection tools would’ve intimidated me before the hundreds of years of downloads.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The 50-person figure would be more appropriate for those who received a particular document, and the universe of people who actually opened or downloaded it would be even smaller — perhaps 10 or fewer.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Liu, who grew up reading National Geographic and watching Animal Planet, said she got into bird-watching after she downloaded Merlin Bird ID, a birding app.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

The company touts open models, which can be downloaded and modified, as opposed to closed models like those of rivals OpenAI or Anthropic.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

"I thought 'I don't like the idea of this because I'm going to have to put my card details into an app that I've only just downloaded, which wasn't of my choosing'."

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

I downloaded each of their video recordings to a laptop and advanced them to noon.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"Interviewing through Indeed's platform happens entirely in a browser and never requires downloading a special app," the company recently posted online.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Hundreds of thousands responded by downloading the app; by Monday, MapQuest had climbed to No. 1 among navigation apps in Apple’s U.S.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

And I was downloading podcasts in 15-minute increments to my iPod Nano.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Holographic, or handwritten, wills are legal in about half of the states in the U.S, including Texas, but it’s not worth writing a will on the cheap or downloading one from the internet.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Even as I continue downloading information, I find myself distracted as the spotlights sweep over each team, hardly able to believe that I’m in the same space as them.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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