flywheel
Example Sentences
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“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
As the structure moves with the waves, the rotating flywheel converts that motion into electrical power.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
Djokovic might be the greatest defender ever to pick up a tennis racket, but losing even half a step made all the difference against a human flywheel like Alcaraz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
The starter cord was a three-foot length of rope that wrapped tightly around the engine’s flywheel.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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