closed loop
noun
: an automatic control system in which an operation, process, or mechanism is regulated by feedback
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In addition, when they are placed in a rapidly oscillating magnetic field, the current that is created forms closed loops.
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2025
Rather than creating singular, closed loop AI tools like Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and others, Apple’s AI paves the way for multiple technology partners (similar to Salesforce’s Einstein Copilot).
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 11 June 2024
Nathan’s closed loop system is a model for reciprocity or responding to one positive action with another.
—Jarret Jackson, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
In a circular system, furniture products would be made without virgin materials, be designed to last longer and be fully reusable or recyclable, thus forming a closed loop.
—CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2025
Rather than creating singular, closed loop AI tools like Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and others, Apple’s AI paves the way for multiple technology partners (similar to Salesforce’s Einstein Copilot).
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 11 June 2024
Nathan’s closed loop system is a model for reciprocity or responding to one positive action with another.
—Jarret Jackson, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
In a circular system, furniture products would be made without virgin materials, be designed to last longer and be fully reusable or recyclable, thus forming a closed loop.
—CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
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“Closed loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closed%20loop. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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