windfall

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

The windfall isn’t isolated to its refining and chemicals division–a jump in gas prices, strong oil and gas trading, and elevated oil prices have all combined to set TotalEnergies up for a bumper third quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

That would provide a windfall while being "a lot more bearable", in the words of one bank executive.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Demand for AI-related goods has driven better-than-expected export growth this year, but the windfall isn’t widespread.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

That's it, that has to be it: The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth!

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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 was among the most widely held investments across schools, according to endowment executives, making its record-breaking IPO one of the great windfalls for American endowments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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