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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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The market was right to identify optics as a bottleneck.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

But there was a bottleneck in terms of distributing that information to the designers, marketers and sales teams that the data was meant to help.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Planning rules implemented in London after the fire, however, are so detailed that seven in 10 projects have since failed to get a green light, creating a bottleneck, according to the CPS.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Chandana says today, access to space remains "a major bottleneck, with satellite operators often waiting for months or even years for a launch opportunity" and that their venture expects to change that.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Fortunately, the rest of the brain is equipped with a workaround for the bottleneck.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

In time, this can result in higher transport costs and supply bottlenecks, Wolters said.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Demand for the iPhone and Mac has outstripped forecasts, resulting in bottlenecks for the advanced chips that power these devices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

However, some research suggests that severe population bottlenecks may accelerate the development of structural variants.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Access to skilled labor and other bottlenecks are already capping the pace of construction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Unfortunately, the nanoseconds used up in a simple computer operation do add up to lengthy bottlenecks on intractable problems, many of which would require millennia to solve in general.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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