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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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"Additionally, San Francisco Bay is a highly trafficked waterway, and the Golden Gate Strait serves as a bottleneck through which all traffic and whales must enter and exit."

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

A bottleneck of more than 400 tankers persists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Demand for server CPUs is outstripping supply, and some analysts on Wall Street have pointed out that shortages could become another bottleneck to AI development.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Bass said she had spent years addressing a years-old administrative bottleneck within the city’s personnel department, which runs the background process for police hires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“He wanted to avoid a time-consuming bottleneck at all costs.”

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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