windfall
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That would provide a windfall while being "a lot more bearable", in the words of one bank executive.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Korea’s semiconductor windfall and companies’ conversion of export earnings into won support the currency, while Japan’s overseas investment income is generally reinvested abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Those deals will likely add to the company’s historic cash windfall.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
In her time, and in her opinion, a sensible woman’s paths to financial freedom were limited to hoping for a windfall or making one’s fortune off others’ backs as a madam.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
My feet feel like lead as I make my way to the palace, over ground strewn with windfall apples, their golden scent blowing in the air.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Do you think investors are going to write off these massive AI windfalls, or write them down?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 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
The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
After that he always stuffed his pockets with windfalls.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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