bottleneck

Example Sentences

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They eased mechanical strain, making it practical to run banks of elevators continuously, packing in larger workforces and turning vertical circulation into a scalable system rather than a bottleneck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Demand for server CPUs is outpacing supply, and shortages there are becoming a bottleneck to AI development, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya said in a note earlier this week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The bottleneck has nearly halted all petroleum shipments through the narrow waterway.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

“This creates a two-lane highway for large vessels, one lane in and one out. The bottleneck here could last a few weeks at the very least,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Gregor imagined the bottleneck a hundred bats would cause trying to get in the door downstairs.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins