windfall
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It's due to be replaced in 2030 by another windfall tax, which operators like more because it's only triggered when prices are high and falls back when they are low.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
I’d like to help her make smart decisions with this windfall and make sure there aren’t any unexpected consequences of receiving an inheritance at her age.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
That is the windfall one Pennsylvania family received for selling its struggling farmland to a data-center developer, joining a new class of multimillionaires cashing in on the AI data-center boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
That windfall could deepen the roots of the game domestically, Canada Soccer says, through more funding for youth participation, coaching development, and support for senior and youth national teams.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“A windfall, unexpected gold. Excellent, you can lend me some...and there’s a thing here,” he turned the cup again, “that looks like an animal...yeah, if that was its head...it looks like a hippo...no, a sheep...”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Even there, they were often overshadowed until scoring massive windfalls from recent AI and other investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Some of the firms scored their windfalls due to their closeness to founders like Musk, raising questions about whether they will have the same access to future entrepreneurs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Some employees will spend their windfalls on housing, and some will spend it on other things — but large liquidity events like this do have meaningful effects on local real-estate markets,” said Zhao.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 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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