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flywheel

[flahy-hweel, -weel] / ˈflaɪˌʰwil, -ˌwil /
NOUN
balance wheel
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That creates a flywheel of consistent high-margin revenue that supports the dividend and the predictability of the cash flows.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“You get this flywheel of more data that’s being used, more data that’s being created, more data that’s being stored,” Kris Sennesael, Western Digital’s chief financial officer, told Barron’s earlier this year.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

“Together, consumer adoption, enterprise deployment, developer usage and compute form a reinforcing flywheel that is translating capability into economic impact.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

"The more capital we can free up within the organisation to invest, the better we can turn this flywheel of making investments to drive future growth," chief financial officer Anat Ashkenazi said.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies




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