virtuous circle

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noun

a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.

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Also called virtuous cycle.

Origin of virtuous circle

First recorded in 1900–05; after vicious cycle

Words nearby virtuous circle

virtue signaling, virtuosa, virtuosity, virtuoso, virtuous, virtuous circle, virtute et armis, virucidal, virucide, virulence, virulent

How to use virtuous circle in a sentence

On the one hand, employing fewer humans would bring Amazon more cost savings in the long run, which it would ideally pass on to customers and re-invest in other parts of the business, leading to hiring more people in a virtuous circle.
Amazon Patented a New Delivery System That Could Have Your Block Crawling With Robots|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|July 15, 2021|Singularity Hub
We’re not going to write about something that doesn’t have that authenticity, but it is very much a virtuous circle of writing, studying, and then coming back to our content creators.
How Trusted Media Brands is using first-party data beyond advertising|Kayleigh Barber|March 23, 2021|Digiday
In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So, Linklater just won Best Director by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Julio had come full circle and had returned to Cuba as a tourist in his own country.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The girls ran in the same circle (Palmolive was also in the Flowers of Romance) and the group was looking for a guitarist.
A First Lady of Punk Rock Talks|Justin Jones|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The RSD Facebook page, and all the local RSD groups, known as “inner circle,” have been switched to private.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Wharton and Louis had withdrawn their hands at the same instant they caught his eye; and the Duke turned into the circle.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
It was the conversation of every circle; and discussed according to the dispositions, or views of the speakers.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
We (the officers) were sitting in a circle round the general and Alcalde, both of whom appeared uneasy and anxious.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The virtuous statesman advanced to meet him, while his countenance proclaimed that he knew all, and sympathized with its victim.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter