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flywheel

[flahy-hweel, -weel] / ˈflaɪˌʰwil, -ˌwil /
NOUN
balance wheel
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But Erik Goins, founder of app developer Flywheel Studios, thinks it could.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Last year it unveiled an agreement in the U.S., announcing a deal with taxi companies in New York City and a similar agreement with Flywheel Technologies in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Meanwhile, the taxi industry has tried its hand at replicating Uber’s success: Flywheel, Sidecar, GetTaxi, Hailo, and Taxi Magic are some of the apps that tried — and mostly failed — to match Uber’s model.

From The Verge • Mar. 24, 2022

The platforms are run by companies such as Curb and Flywheel, with certain data collected from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022

Turning the Rim of a Flywheel Turning a Flywheel on a Vertical Mill.—The turning of a flywheel is a good example of the kind of work for which a vertical boring mill is adapted.

From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.




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