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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

A windfall might net me a mini fruit pie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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

“Better, ten kilos of rice and two bars of soap,” she said, which we do need badly, but I despaired for an imaginary windfall that would bring nothing but more white starch into this house.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

SpaceX’s initial public offering in June, and mooted IPOs by OpenAI and Anthropic, could generate tens of billions more dollars for schools—assuming high-flyers don’t vamoose to avoid a hefty tax bill on their windfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

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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