throughput

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Recent Examples of throughput Together, these multiple factors led to a year-on-year reduction of roughly 4 million barrels per day in global refinery throughput in August, a decline of about 5%. — CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 Settlement can be measured by throughput and yield by rate, but a payment only counts if someone on the other end received value for something real. — William Jones, Ascend Agency, 27 Aug. 2026 Kitchens were structured for high throughput and delivery vehicles lined up on the other side of the building to take finished meals and speed them along critical thoroughfares for timely and low-cost delivery. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 And a company called MatX, founded by two alumni of Google’s silicon business, is working on a semiconductor that aims to achieve both high throughput and low latency. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for throughput
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throughput
Noun
  • Film and television are some of the most important exports of the country, and everybody’s stealing production from us.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The start of cell trials comes after an earlier target for production.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Phase 2 targets repeatability Hylenr will now move to Phase 2 testing, which will examine multiple independent reactors and use quantitative calorimetry to measure heat output more precisely.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Thanks to an almighty production boom in the region, powered by a whopping 60 percent tax rebate (increasing to 70 percent for projects shot in the Basque language, Euskera), the Basque Country’s film and TV output has never looked so healthy.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Throughput.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throughput. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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