How to Use bandwidth in a Sentence

bandwidth

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  • Graphics use more bandwidth than text does.
  • The modem has a bandwidth of 56 kilobits per second.
  • Playing back that video can require up to 85 Mbps of bandwidth per stream.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Try to use these devices to connect gadgets that don't need a huge amount of bandwidth.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
  • But streaming apps are not good when battery and bandwidth are scarce.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Here are a few items taking up bandwidth in my brain in a streaming of the sports consciousness: 1.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022
  • One used infrared light with a narrow bandwidth, and a second one with 70mm film.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Straight, white artists are still eating up most of the bandwidth, but some of the barriers to entry are wearing away.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Police are responding to a huge surge in thefts that traces back to the two brands, equating to a huge drain on agency bandwidth.
    — Jake Zuckerman, cleveland, 27 July 2023
  • Someone might be stealing your Wi-Fi and hoarding some of your bandwidth.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 20 Nov. 2022
  • That could provide a more significant jump in bandwidth for graphics cards in the next few years.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 19 July 2023
  • Keep in mind there’s no right choice here, so pick a dinnerware set with care instructions that match up to your bandwidth.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
  • In this case, the team needed to optimize a single antenna to handle a high enough bandwidth for the tags.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Some patients have reported seeing doctors who want to help but lack the skills and bandwidth to do so.
    — Meghan O'Rourke, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Is this a matter of limited Joy-Con bandwidth, which is already iffy enough for one or two Joy-Cons?
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
  • However, not all wedding guests have the bandwidth to travel outside of the United States or have the money to do so.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 June 2023
  • How to Invest in Strong Ties Of course, none of us have the bandwidth to invest in all our casual contacts equally.
    — David Nour, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • For those of you who may just have the bandwidth for one game at a time, here’s my best guess for what will be the game to watch during each part of the day throughout the early part of the tournament.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Upgrade your Wi-Fi setup with a boost in speed and larger bandwidth, so you and the whole family are covered.
    — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The pandemic has more than proven that deep bonds can be made despite remote environments and the lags of a low-bandwidth Zoom call.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Dozens of cell towers are down, with residents urged to text message — not talk — to conserve bandwidth.
    — Jack Dolan, Craig Nakano and Matt Hamilton, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Without everything else, there is a lot more bandwidth, right?
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The sheer bandwidth of its capabilities is what makes Ford's off-roader such a hit.
    — Car and Driver, 4 Feb. 2022
  • With that bandwidth, the company expects to be able to deliver faster speeds and more data to customers.
    — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2023
  • The last component of network design deals with bandwidth.
    — Jeffrey Deckman, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • The aviation conflict was one of two fights that the Department of Transportation has waged over bandwidth.
    — Jessica Wehrman, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Just guessing, but those rafting salvaged possessions to a dry spot might have had barely enough bandwidth to say the storm just sucked.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
  • People who have grown up poor can have PTSD, and many don’t have the mental bandwidth that other people have for normal life stressors.
    — Christian Livermore, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The figure below shows the various PCIe specifications and the bandwidth as a function of the number of lanes used.
    — Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Sending huge volumes of raw data from the edge to the data center eats into your network bandwidth.
    — David Flower, Forbes, 20 May 2022

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