self-reinforcing

Example Sentences

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But it can also become a self-reinforcing cycle: Hedging involves selling the dollar, weighing on the price.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their capital consists not of factories, buildings and machines, but algorithms, operating systems, standards and vast, self-reinforcing user networks.

From The Wall Street Journal

That panic can become self-reinforcing: companies delay hiring, workers delay investment in firm-specific skills, and productivity-enhancing reorganization slows.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It was this sort of self-reinforcing circuit, and it helped.”

From Los Angeles Times

"When the land dries out, it reduces evaporation, which in turn reduces future rainfall -- creating a self-reinforcing drought cycle."

From Science Daily