throttle
Example Sentences
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In really hot places such as Texas and Arizona, cooling systems struggle, either using excessive water to cool or having to throttle the chips to stop them from overheating.
From Los Angeles Times
George throttled down to steer around a slow SUV that didn’t know how to drive in the snow or didn’t know where it was going.
From Literature
The so-called “cooperative steering” function permits drivers to make brief, fine-grained adjustments to the steering and throttle without canceling.
The short-term impact of opening the fiscal, monetary and credit throttles is easy to predict: rapid growth.
Before long, he was confidently diagnosing the vehicle’s issue: a loose throttle body cable.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
