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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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But due to a lack of U.S. manufacturing capacity and capability, actuation systems are also a bottleneck, Kelkar said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The AI bottleneck will take time and a lot of training to overcome.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The disruptions have pushed U.S. wheat futures to three-year highs in recent weeks, and could accelerate food inflation if the bottleneck isn’t removed soon, analysts warn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

With roughly a third of U.S. lawyers aged 55 or older, elite law firms built on cradle-to-grave partnerships are confronting a growing bottleneck at the top.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

From this point the route angled steeply upward along a graceful arete of wind-compacted snow that culminated in the South Summit—where I arrived at 11:00 to find a second, even worse bottleneck.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The strain from energy bottlenecks has forced digital infrastructure providers to seek out alternatives to bypass local and regional grids, connecting directly to power sources, such as nuclear or gas-powered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But bottlenecks have slowed delivery of critical weapons.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It sits directly on one of the industry’s biggest bottlenecks: skilled labor.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

It did, however, note the inventory shortfalls and reveal "industrial base bottlenecks" for munitions resupply.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Unfortunately, the nanoseconds used up in a simple computer operation do add up to lengthy bottlenecks on intractable problems, many of which would require millennia to solve in general.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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