A shortage of truck drivers in both countries led to bottlenecks at ports and inland rail hubs, forcing some warehouses to refuse delivery of new containers until backlogs could be reduced.
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Bottlenecks
Synonyms for "bottlenecks" (21 found)
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Noun(10 words)
limit data transmissionlimit throughputlimitationnarrowingobstructionpopulation shrinkagerestrictrestrict information flowrestrict throughputthroughput limiter
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18 entriesCPU bottleneckcapacity bottleneckchannel bottleneckcompression bottleneckdisk bottleneckfounder bottleneckinformation bottleneckmemory bottlenecknarrowingneural bottleneckpinch pointprocess bottleneckproduction bottleneckrestrictorscheduling bottlenecksevere bottleneck
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11 entriesbottleneck effectbottleneck effectsbottleneck productioncapacity bottleneckgenetic bottleneckinformation bottlenecknetwork bottleneckprocess bottleneckproduction bottlenecksupply bottleneckthroughput bottleneck
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The IMF said supply chain bottlenecks have led to a shortage of an array of products throughout the world and have caused a steep increase in shipping costs, in turn boosting the cost of consumer goods.
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Algiers has many traffic bottlenecks.
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