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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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A sharp decline in the use of custody for children over the past two decades, combined with limited capacity in mental health inpatient beds, has created a bottleneck for children in crisis.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Private equity faces a global bottleneck of nearly 33,000 unsold portfolio companies, straining fundraising and investor relations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Memory chips are in high demand, making them a bottleneck in the booming market for artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Genetic studies suggest modern humans spread into different parts of the world roughly 100,000 years ago and later experienced what scientists call a genetic bottleneck.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

The result is that from a widespread territory to the north birds pass through this traffic bottleneck.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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