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bonanza

[buh-nan-zuh, boh-] / bəˈnæn zə, boʊ- /
NOUN
windfall
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The shuttle-run bonanza is trickling down to individual sailors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The end result for banks is likely to be of the best third quarters they’ve had, better than a year ago, but not as strong as that second-quarter bonanza.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But if it delivers a wet punch, it will also bring an upside: a bonanza of water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Members of the Moneyist Facebook Group also suggest remembering the staff in your 24-hour bonanza at these two establishments.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

These new GMO seeds could be a bonanza for the seed companies.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Such offerings can be fee bonanzas for the teams of banks involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

The researchers suggest that these young eagles could be taking advantage of seasonal food bonanzas such as spawning salmon, nesting waterfowl, or carcasses of large mammals.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025

Some merchants — a cheesemonger, a produce vendor, a baker — said that they had long counted local householders as their main customers, but that picnic-sized portions for tourists yielded cash bonanzas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

It didn’t erase all that went sideways during the losses, or even prior victories that were goal-scoring bonanzas in which defensive play was abandoned.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

And so they had; for when they came to stake out their claims, they found the indications were of such richness that the mines bid fair to be regular bonanzas.

From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Frank V. Webster




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