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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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The biggest bottleneck to the global trade of energy is no longer crude oil, according to the head of Kuwait’s state oil company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

But we can use the physical bottleneck of energy to impose a clear and simple restraint on an industry that has otherwise proved elusive to regulate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The AI bottleneck will take time and a lot of training to overcome.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The actuator bottleneck Cardenas has warned against is being confronted industry-wide in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

With nowhere to go and no time to stop herself, Fair Knightess charged straight into the bottleneck.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

While they said that the gap is “real” and a constraint to the buildout, they added that “many investors” are taking the view that companies will find creative ways around the bottlenecks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Port congestion in the West and bottlenecks at the Panama Canal are also pushing rates higher, Choi says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Junctions on the M4 in Newport could close, and a new bridge built across the Menai Strait, as part of Welsh government plans for two notorious transport bottlenecks.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But bottlenecks have slowed delivery of critical weapons.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 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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