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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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One potential bottleneck could be a lack of high-voltage transmission lines that carry electricity from power plants over long distances.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

“Connectivity is the new bottleneck and battleground,” Bernstein analysts wrote in a nearly 100-page report on Sunday.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

This allows compute and memory to be fabricated onto the same chip, removing a critical bottleneck that slows things down in AI servers.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Fortunately, the rest of the brain is equipped with a workaround for the bottleneck.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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