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flywheel

[flahy-hweel, -weel] / ˈflaɪˌʰwil, -ˌwil /
NOUN
balance wheel
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“Taken together, our brand flywheel is working,” Niccol said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Thanks to its flywheel, for 60 years after the opening of Disneyland in 1955 Disney built the closest thing to a predictable business model in an otherwise hits-based industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Speaking of distribution, the next critical element of the company’s flywheel strategy was discovered by accident!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Nvidia’s capital allocation strategy, powered by its AI-driven cash flywheel, prioritizes funding its high-return growth initiatives, expanding its AI ecosystem, and returning significant excess cash to shareholders.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Harry rigged a flywheel and generator to the waterwheel that powered his sawmill, ran electrical wire into the house, and dangled lightbulbs from the rafters.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Images on social media purport to show one of the chairlift's flywheels off it's spoke.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025

Just know that its serrated flywheels can be harsh on darts.

From The Verge ● Jul. 11, 2022

Identifying and building flywheels became second nature to Freed.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2019

Excess solar energy will be stored via flywheels housed in a communal building.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 14, 2017

It grew louder, angrier, and suggested the high-velocity spin of flywheels or electric turbines turning at impossible speed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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