choke point

noun

: a strategic narrow route providing passage through or to another region

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Care models for both acute and chronic illness have barely changed in decades—and the clinician-patient encounter remains healthcare’s choke point. Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Between the Indian and Pacific Oceans lies the main choke point of world commerce, the Malacca Strait. Rani D. Mullen, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2015 These missiles are planned for a deployment on the Philippine islands in the Luzon Strait, a choke point for China's navy in the first island chain. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025 For instance, one choke point the United States has is its microchips. A Martínez, NPR, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for choke point

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of choke point was in 1944

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“Choke point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20point. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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