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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

If you have an iPhone 15 Pro or newer device, you can now download iOS 27, which includes Siri AI.

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

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

It’s the fastest download ever, like it’s some sentient being who understands the whole point of its existence is that time is running out for someone.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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 network says it has 3.2 billion subscribers across YouTube and TikTok in 2026 and has had more than 80 million downloads of its podcasts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Market intelligence firm Sensor Tower said other Bird ID apps have also been used more - such as Birda, which it says has had 31% more downloads this year.

From BBC Jul. 27, 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

On her lunch break, Irene downloads the Nirvana album for herself.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

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

Sophia, a 35-year-old mum of three in Portsmouth, pays for school trips and makes lunch orders on her children's school's app on her phone, but says her husband has never downloaded it.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

With the deal, Nvidia is helping foster the ecosystem Hugging Face built for so-called open-weight AI tools that can be downloaded and tweaked by anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

MapQuest — a navigation app that describes itself as the “OG of online mapping” — shot up to the top of Apple’s charts for free apps as more people downloaded it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Over the past five years, I’d downloaded every single movie, TV show, and cartoon mentioned in Anorak's Almanac.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Jobseekers are being warned to be vigilant as scammers are targeting people on job listings websites to trick them into downloading bogus interview tools.

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

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

Eligible participants can add a driver’s license by downloading the DMV Wallet app or through Apple, Google and Samsung wallet apps and following the prompts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Why spend all that time downloading a movie playing all over Chicago?

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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