windfall
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Officials designed the deal to quickly spur production rather than to net taxpayers a major windfall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Whether “The End of Oak Street” is the prehistoric windfall they’re hoping for remains to be seen.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
The latest windfall is so generous it has stunned even Wall Street, where the stock prices of the private health-insurance giants involved in the program rocketed in response.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
The rules could also prove a windfall for anyone who likes to flip initial public offerings.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The laundry workers earned 40 cents an hour, ranking them among the lowest paid of all war workers, but with few job options available to them, it felt like a windfall.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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