As is frequently discussed on this Mac Accessories forum: You can purchase a TB3 NVMe M.2 external enclosure from Orico or Acasis. You can insert an M.2 SSD drive into it (typically a Samsung Pro or Western Digitals WD_Black model) and get speeds that are approximately as fast as Thunderbolt... More @Wikipedia
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