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Recent Examples of throughput
The Port of Los Angeles had a slow start to 2026, with total container throughput slumping 11.9 percent to 812,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
The company claims its scaled system has the potential to move 10,000 people per hour through a guideway just 2 m (6.6 ft) wide – matching light rail throughput but without the massive infrastructure costs or decade-long construction timelines.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
While order throughput has doubled, staffing has increased only minimally.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
As that post notes, TeraWave is targeting a customer base of big businesses and government agencies — organizations that want or need very high-throughput communications services.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
The company claims its scaled system has the potential to move 10,000 people per hour through a guideway just 2 m (6.6 ft) wide – matching light rail throughput but without the massive infrastructure costs or decade-long construction timelines.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
While order throughput has doubled, staffing has increased only minimally.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
As that post notes, TeraWave is targeting a customer base of big businesses and government agencies — organizations that want or need very high-throughput communications services.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throughput
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Although Iran has not officially closed the strait, through which one-fifth of the world’s global trade in liquified natural gas and daily oil production passes, vessels are avoiding the waterway, particularly after oil tankers in the region were attacked over the weekend.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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The company is now bringing Physical AI to Europe for the first time, launching a pilot project at its Leipzig plant in Germany to integrate humanoid robots into car production and explore battery and component manufacturing.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Leaked images suggested peak outputs of 1,500 kW and currents of 1,500 A on a 1,000 V architecture.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Mar. 2026
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Someone with mastery of a skill knows how to deploy a certain AI tool and then fact check its output.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Throughput.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throughput. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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