choke point

noun

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

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For instance, one choke point the United States has is its microchips. A Martínez, NPR, 5 May 2025 Traffic choke points: Biscayne Boulevard from 11th to Flagler streets, Northeast Second Avenue from 13th to Flagler streets, ramps to and from I-95, Miami, First and Second avenues in the downtown core, and 836 and the MacArthur Causeway to South Beach. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025 For the first time, the drills will include an American ship killing missile system to strategic islands in the Luzon Strait, seen as a potential choke point separating the defense treaty ally from China-claimed Taiwan. Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025 Rubio has said that in the event of a conflict, Chinese companies could potentially turn the canal into a choke point. Juliana Kim, NPR, 2 Feb. 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 21 May. 2025.

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