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windfall

[wind-fawl] / ˈwɪndˌfɔl /


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The couple’s windfall from BNY reflects a growing trend.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Here’s what I have learned from my windfall.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The chancellor is expected to use a windfall tax on banks to fund a package of spending measures to help households manage rising energy bills.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

But when a company reaps a balance-sheet windfall, the analysts often are happy to let the boost remain in the bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“No need for a mocking tone, Lucille. We should use our windfall to improve our prospects. If it were up to you, we’d bury the money in the backyard to benefit the worms.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Any random windfalls, such as a tax refund or work bonus, should also go toward paying off your credit-card bill.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Pacific island nations are divided on whether deep-sea mining will deliver economic windfalls, or environmental catastrophe.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Refiners PBF Energy and Valero also reported windfalls, with the latter earning $3.7 billion, another fivefold increase from the year before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Some of the firms scored their windfalls due to their closeness to founders like Musk, raising questions about whether they will have the same access to future entrepreneurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

They’d begun to come upon dead windfalls of pinetrees, great swaths of ruin cut through the countryside.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy


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