bottlenecking

verb

present participle of bottleneck
as in impeding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottlenecking
  1. impeding
  2. clogging
  3. hindering
  4. blocking
  5. stemming
  6. obstructing
  7. stalling
  8. blockading
Verb
  • Rucker says crews arrived to find flames inside the building, but racks inside were impeding their movement and eventually blocked their exits, leading two firefighters to suffer burns.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The insects tunnel their way into the trunk, impeding the tree’s water and nutrient supply and killing it within a year.
    — Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of impeding
Verb
  • One of the pipes was abandoned and out of service due to clogging.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • For more instant results, salicylic acid completes the trio by exfoliating away dead surface cells and pore-clogging buildup, helping refine the look of large pores standing between you and that aforementioned glassy glow.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of clogging
Verb
  • And warming temperatures are hindering their ability to perform essential functions.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Royce Moser, 18, is facing charges including murder, while his mother, 56-year-old Rachel Moser, is facing charges including hindering apprehension of a fugitive, according to court records.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of hindering
Verb
  • Prop 42 would bar retroactive taxes and ban new state taxes on personal property, effectively blocking Prop 40.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Or maybe Kosmos 2612 was actively interfering with ICEYE-X36 in some way — messing with its sensors, perhaps, or blocking or intercepting its communications with the ground.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of blocking
Verb
  • The role is especially exciting for the actor for a reason stemming back to his childhood.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As the man responsible for stemming the terrorization of the cat, stealing a bite of toddler ban-affle-gurt may be one of the only perks of early-morning parenthood left to me.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of stemming
Verb
  • Abiy's office accused the TPLF of obstructing the agreement and said that the latest fighting ended in its defeat.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Abiy’s office accused the TPLF of obstructing the agreement and said the latest fighting ended in its defeat.
    — Khaled Kazziha, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of obstructing
Verb
  • Their replacements arrived three weeks late because of capsule repairs, stalling this crew’s homecoming.
    — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The memoir also details Cooper’s crippling, career-stalling struggles with substance abuse during the late ‘70s and goes into depth about his subsequent re-embrace of Christianity and his current beliefs and practices.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of stalling
Verb
  • On one side, legions of determined teenagers protesting for their future by blockading schools and taking part in marches that have sometimes spiraled into violence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Anti-riot police officers face protesting students carrying out blockading action outside the secondary school Le Corbusier, in Aubervilliers, northern Paris on October 1, 2026.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of blockading
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