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flywheel

[flahy-hweel, -weel] / ˈflaɪˌʰwil, -ˌwil /
NOUN
balance wheel
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The medium of animation itself is a structural reason why other film studios haven’t achieved Disney’s success: it is uniquely well-suited to form the core of such a flywheel.

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

Whilst these devices are designed for longer term space missions, the recent Artemis II mission around the moon took a specially developed exercise device called the flywheel.

From BBC May 22, 2026

When you reinvest that cash into technology and M&A, it’s a virtuous flywheel.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

It passed the flywheel, sending the flags spinning, then fell into the final drop.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

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

He wanted to see if his next flywheels could power a project with higher ideals.

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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