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bonanza

[buh-nan-zuh, boh-] / bəˈnæn zə, boʊ- /
NOUN
windfall
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“With millions available in hand and more money to come,” Time Magazine wrote in 1975, “the Bicentennial is the biggest bonanza for the American composer since Hollywood discovered the musical.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

The top of the dot-com bubble came in March 2000, while the IPO bonanza of 2021 preceded a Nasdaq crash in the first half of 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Other buyers would say, however, that such issues long predate the current soccer bonanza.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

As it happens, a number of the top-performing dividend funds are big beneficiaries of the AI bonanza that is driving excitement in the broader market too.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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