choke point

noun

: a strategic narrow route providing passage through or to another region

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There are many choke points near the Taiwan Strait and Japan’s island chain in the Pacific. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025 The real choke point is processing and refining — a complex and environmentally sensitive step that the U.S. has lagged behind in and that China now dominates, controlling nearly 90% of global output. Scott Neuman, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025 Until the underlying supply-chain choke points – steel, copper, insulation materials and heavy transport – expand meaningfully, utilities are managing reliability not through construction, but through choreography. Kyri Baker, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025 In Vought’s hands, OMB has acted as a choke point for the funding that Congress approves and agencies rely on to run the government. Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for choke point

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of choke point was in 1944

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“Choke point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20point. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.

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