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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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Part of China’s edge comes from having faced its own actuator bottleneck less than a decade ago, Jonas noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

That’s created a critical bottleneck in networking, “supporting higher specs and pricing,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The export disruptions have pushed U.S. wheat futures to three-year highs and could accelerate inflation in food prices if the bottleneck isn't removed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

It’s a time killer when you’re running late, a bottleneck when the release bell rings; and it’s noisy.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

A venture-capital firm specializing in deep tech has raised more than $50 million to invest in startups that can help solve physical bottlenecks in artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Limited glass-preform capacity, raw-material bottlenecks and constrained ex-China capacity have created a supply deficit, pushing hyperscalers into multiyear agreements and opening opportunities for STL.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Junctions on the M4 in Newport could close, and a new bridge built across the Menai Strait, as part of Welsh government plans for two notorious transport bottlenecks.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 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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