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
The windfall hasn’t solved California’s long-term budget challenges but has given state leaders some unexpected, near-term flexibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
This windfall ends up in the hands of a powerful few.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Newly enriched Americans are bound to spend some of their windfall on new cars, yachts, houses and the like.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
One must never overreact to the spoils of one’s windfall.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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
It’s also allowing venture investors to cash out and pour their windfalls into new startups working on innovations that could improve and even save lives—e.g., cancer vaccines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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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