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  • noun Plural form of bottleneck.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck.

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Examples

  • "While the supply chain bottlenecks have been resolved the industrywide component shortage remains," he said.

    Ericsson's Third-Quarter Profits Soar By LOUISE NORDSTROM 2010

  • We should not be equating the short-term bottlenecks and challenges with the long-term difficulty.

    chron.com Chronicle 2009

  • We should not be equating the short-term bottlenecks and challenges with the long-term difficulty.

    chron.com Chronicle 2009

  • The planning/approval process has clear and well-known "bottlenecks" - hurdles through which plans must pass and at which they can be stopped.

    Americans for Peace Now Lara Friedman 2010

  • Rather, the genetic evidence indicates that modern human beings have expanded as a single, relatively well mixed population without subsequent genetic bottlenecks (bottlenecks tend to erase the evidence of previous bottlenecks, which is how geneticists know that the bottleneck in Africa was the most recent one).

    The Genetic Archaeology of Race 2001

  • Rather, the genetic evidence indicates that modern human beings have expanded as a single, relatively well mixed population without subsequent genetic bottlenecks (bottlenecks tend to erase the evidence of previous bottlenecks, which is how geneticists know that the bottleneck in Africa was the most recent one).

    The Genetic Archaeology of Race 2001

  • "It defies all common sense, and the bottlenecks will be a nightmare," Cassella said.

    Latest News 2008

  • 27.02.2009 - Players of the Dragon are traditionally interested in a certain number of "bottlenecks" - i.e. variations which are very critical and which cause them a lot of concern in their games.

    ChessBase News 2009

  • His signature series is the Black series in which protagonists are trapped in mental "bottlenecks" so to speak.

    The Black Series by Cornell Woolrich Dark Worlds Club 2009

  • For the Games, 24-hour road-clearing operations and 1,000 police will be in place to avoid the kind of bottlenecks that tied up the region before Christmas.

    Remodeling The Slopes 2008

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