bottleneck
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With roughly a third of U.S. lawyers aged 55 or older, elite law firms built on cradle-to-grave partnerships are confronting a growing bottleneck at the top.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
They see a bottleneck and ask whether it is short term or long term.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Radiotherapy is another bottleneck crying out for staff and kit.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
She said the bottleneck in recovery is not the city’s permitting process but instead insurance companies unwilling to pay survivors and banks that are reluctant to finance rebuilding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
An hour later we arrived atop the Yellow Band, and a bottleneck ensued as each climber cautiously descended the vertical limestone cliff.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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Moving data between them requires it to be translated before it can be processed, which can create bottlenecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply," the report said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
It did, however, note the inventory shortfalls and reveal "industrial base bottlenecks" for munitions resupply.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Unlike modern pumas, however, these populations did not show evidence of severe inbreeding or abrupt population bottlenecks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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