windfall
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The gold rush for artificial intelligence has already created a windfall for the state from a surge in income tax collected on stock market gains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
This windfall ends up in the hands of a powerful few.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
A coup for Bezos and a windfall for FSG - where does deal leave Liverpool?
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ishbia expanded his business even when rivals hunkered down, saying he was setting UWM up for a windfall when interest rates dropped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
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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
On Tuesday, social-media feeds were littered with memes about lucky individual investors celebrating their sudden windfalls, including those who were sitting on just one or two SpaceX shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Either way, the meanings are the same: great discoveries, whether of silk or of gravity, are always windfalls.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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