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
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  • Police said the car was swerving across lanes, impeding traffic and forcing other drivers to brake or take action to avoid her car.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Advertisement But other allies of Jackson say an overcautious campaign is impeding the Bernie Sanders progressive and stalwart labor champion from connecting with voters.
    — Julia Terruso, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of impeding
Verb
  • Beyond Antetokounmpo’s effort, the Heat got 18 points and 10 rebounds from Bam Adebayo and 22 points and eight assists from Davion Mitchell, but little otherwise of substance, even with the Warriors clogging the paint against the Heat’s two big men.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Allure Best of Beauty winner—feels practically weightless on skin, absorbing quickly without clogging pores or leaving behind a greasy residue.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of clogging
Verb
  • Plus, there’s silica to softly blur the look of pores and texture without hindering your glow.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The Federal Election Commission experienced a filing system outage on Tuesday, hindering candidates and political action committees from filing 24- and 48-hour finance reports with a week to go before the midterm elections.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hindering
Verb
  • Concerns about noise, environmental impacts, and the approval process led to lawsuits and a temporary court order blocking Westlake from advancing the project's development agreement.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Hyde-Smith did not change her mind about blocking his nomination.
    — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of blocking
Verb
  • Roy says renter protections will be vital to stemming the city’s homelessness crisis.
    — Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • An Elgin man faces 11 felony charges stemming the August shooting of a woman in Aurora.
    — Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of stemming
Verb
  • Hospitals in the north lack health workers, medicines and equipment, while ambulance services are severely limited and insecurity is obstructing medical deliveries, Tedros said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • After midnight on the eve of the court hearing's first day Tuesday, prosecutors sought to add new charges of obstructing Congress with an unsigned and unsworn superseding complaint — a maneuver the magistrate judge said was improper and unheard of.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of obstructing
Verb
  • Working alongside local politicians, the coalition has flooded the Illinois Commerce Commission with public comments, an effort organizers credit with stalling ComEd’s plans.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But Ford's also-expensive F-150 Lightning then took that title, after which interest in Cybertrucks began stalling out.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of stalling
Verb
  • The White House has time and again resorted to military force, striking boats in the Caribbean, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, blockading Cuba, and waging war on Iran.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of blockading
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“Bottlenecking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottlenecking. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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