throughput

noun

Definition of throughputnext
as in production

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Recent Examples of throughput Ensure your reviewer's performance evaluation reflects override decisions, not just throughput. — Tiffany Archer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Faster processors require storage that can sustain high throughput without creating thermal bottlenecks or consuming additional internal space. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026 Its Full System Drive subtest measures a PC's storage throughput. — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026 The mid-June strikes on Moscow’s Kapotnya refinery and Tatneft’s TANECO refinery knocked out 600,000 barrels per day in throughput. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for throughput
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  1. production
  2. output
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  • Other Stones records contain more classics and better production, but none holds together as well as a whole or comes as close to the sublime as this one.
    — Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Ireland was the most common partner territory, appearing in nearly half of all co-productions, alongside Canada, France and India.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 July 2026
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  • The newfound longevity of elite soccer players has been made possible by advances in sports medicine, diet and analytics that measure everything from biomechanics and heart rate to muscular output and sleep cycles, all in real time.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • The output of each is comparable to that of each Merlin 1D engine, which powers the first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of output

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