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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

It has reaped the windfall of the global AI investment boom: The stock market has scaled record highs, while exports have surged, spilling over into broader economic growth.

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

He lay hidden during the day and went in search of food at night— turnips, a few ears of corn from a crib, a few windfall apples—nothing that would be missed.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Do you think investors are going to write off these massive AI windfalls, or write them down?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

The crypto empire has created a huge chunk of his family’s recent windfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

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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