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bottleneck

noun as in obstacle

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For decades, bottlenecks, delays, and diversions of donated funds have plagued the humanitarian and development sectors in the U.S. and globally.

From Salon

Jamie-Lee Cole from The Wallich said Charmaine's situation was an example of the bottleneck in temporary accommodation where there was a "swelling" of people needing it but with nowhere to move them on to.

From BBC

“Pennsylvania and Wisconsin don’t allow the processing of absentee ballots before election day. Wisconsin moves faster because it’s smaller, but the bottleneck is Milwaukee.”

Satellite pictures show a huge bottleneck of people on Salah al-Din Street, after Israel ordered the effective depopulation of northern Gaza.

From BBC

A major bottleneck is limitations by hospitals on the number of student nurses they will accept for on-the-job training, she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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