virtuous circle
noun
variants:
or virtuous cycle
Definition of virtuous circle
: a chain of events in which one desirable occurrence leads to another which further promotes the first occurrence and so on resulting in a continuous process of improvement
But the economy is depressed, in large part, because of the housing bust, which immediately suggests the possibility of a virtuous circle: an improving economy leads to a surge in home purchases, which leads to more construction, which strengthens the economy further, and so on.— Paul Krugman
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By licensing big-data tech to other companies, the insurance giant creates a virtuous circle in which Ping An collects still more data through the relationships, enabling it to improve its models and thereby attract more clients. — Fortune, "China’s Biggest Private Sector Company Is Betting Its Future on Data," 22 July 2019 Second, the goal is a flywheel, or virtuous circle. — Steven A. Cohen And, WSJ, "Models Will Run the World," 19 Aug. 2018 Some of those founders become angel investors, seeding the next batch of startups, creating a virtuous circle not unlike the one that built Silicon Valley. — Christopher Mims, WSJ, "Why Amazon’s New York U-Turn Is Good for America’s Tech Economy," 16 Feb. 2019 Florida, Tennessee and Texas don’t have income taxes and have experienced this virtuous circle in recent years. — Allysia Finley, WSJ, "Connecticut Voters Wonder Who’ll Stop the Rain," 5 Oct. 2018 As Adam Gopnik noted in a review of Mr Sharkey’s book for the New Yorker, a virtuous circle started to roll. — The Economist, "Shining light on Latin America’s homicide epidemic," 5 Apr. 2018 Moreover, all but three of 20 FTA partners entered their FTA with the U.S. during this 16-year period, so even these favorable numbers probably do not capture all the long-term effects of the virtuous circle. — Frank Lavin And, WSJ, "Trade Agreements Are the Answer to Trade Deficits," 8 Mar. 2018 Foxtrot’s hybrid model supports both parts of the business in a virtuous circle. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "Can this startup reinvent the corner store without killing it?," 19 Mar. 2018 The long-term virtuous circle is that FTAs drive volume, volume drives familiarity and management focus, focus drives additional improvements and second-order benefits, and all of this in turn drives more volume. — Frank Lavin And, WSJ, "Trade Agreements Are the Answer to Trade Deficits," 8 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'virtuous circle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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