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throttle

[throt-l] / ˈθrɒt l /


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"Hyperscalers had attracted much of that buying, while the supply chain remained one of the cleanest expressions of the belief that the AI capex machine would keep running at full throttle," he added.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

One bipartisan bill would require developers of the most powerful systems to retain the ability to throttle, suspend or shut them down.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

When the bike is rolling-idling and coasting, the deactivation cycling is noticeable; throttle tip-in seems just a bit flat.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Dad was in charge of the throttle and brake, his son would control the rest.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

This time, though, the train isn’t going full throttle.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

After that, Shin said, the throttles were reduced to idle power and the brakes were reapplied until the end of the data recording.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

They have throttles and much more powerful motors and may only be ridden legally on private land with the owner's permission.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

But if an internet service provider throttles traffic in response to data caps, a VPN can’t stop that.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Still burdened with about 1,000 gallons of fire retardant, he shoved the throttles forward to squeeze more power from the howling engines and pulled back on the controls to start an agonizingly slow climb.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2024

They opened their throttles to full speed, and even then they were only just able to keep up.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

About five miles separate Agoura and Westlake high schools, but there seemed to be a great deal more distance between them Friday night, as host Westlake throttled the Chargers 38-7 in a nonleague game.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Beijing in response throttled the number of flights to the country and advised Chinese tourists to stay away.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Oil fields and refineries that throttled production or sustained damage during the war will need to be brought back online.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Persian Gulf nations that throttled oil production will need time to restart operations and ships may wait to attempt passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

But China’s throttling back of oil imports and its use of hidden reserves to calm global crude prices were also surprises.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

We evaluated streaming performance and P2P behavior by running downloads and streaming concurrently to observe throttling and buffering.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

On Friday, just two ships passed through the narrow waterway, which has seen traffic collapse, throttling shipments of everything from wheat and rice to oil and gas.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

Just last week, Anthropic introduced peak-hour throttling of its services on Claude, meaning that tokens will get consumed more quickly when demand for the service is higher.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

There were the nagging headlines about the missing E.I.S., the embarrassing resignation of Kimberly Lou Dixon, the TV footage of Chuck Muckle throttling Kelly Colfax... and, last but not least, those darn owls.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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