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flywheel

[flahy-hweel, -weel] / ˈflaɪˌʰwil, -ˌwil /
NOUN
balance wheel
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“That’s the flywheel we like to make,” Totoki said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Taken together, our brand flywheel is working,” Niccol said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

By funneling its characters into every monetizable outlet imaginable—merchandise, books and comics, soundtracks, park attractions, Broadway and ice shows, corporate partnerships—Disney amortized costs across the many flywheel revenue opportunities spanning decades.

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

Marine engines have more horsepower, so it takes more strength to turn the flywheel.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025

So when you start connecting the dots, there are really positive elements to those flywheels that are kind of unseen, but I can give you dozens of examples of those throughout Amazon.

From The Verge ● Oct. 12, 2021

G.M., in other words, was adept at creating flywheels.

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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