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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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"Debinding has been the bottleneck in the process," said Minary, corresponding author of the article.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

The 101 has long been a bottleneck nightmare as it approaches Santa Barbara and the yearslong project to widen the freeway has only made it worse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Inference speeds have become a key bottleneck for agentic AI workflows, which consume large amounts of tokens, or AI data units.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Unlike AI accelerators, China’s optical and networking stack doesn’t face a tech bottleneck.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The stump of an elm guards a bottleneck in the path through the woods.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

"We'll be facing gridlock and bottlenecks all over again," the business owner, in his sixties, told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

In time, this can result in higher transport costs and supply bottlenecks, Wolters said.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

However, some research suggests that severe population bottlenecks may accelerate the development of structural variants.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

In the meantime, while waiting for these trends to develop and intensify, Gromen is bullish on U.S. electrical infrastructure equities, owing to the bottlenecks around power generation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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