windfall

The windfall tax could see a 33% levy on 2026 Portuguese profits that are more than 20% above the average of 2024 and 2025, and would likely include Galp’s refining and commercial profits, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Among those who expect to receive an inheritance or financial gift, 43% say their retirement planning depends a great deal on that expected windfall, LendingTree found.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

I could get a nice cash windfall for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But for the residents of Dol-llys Hall on the outskirts of Llanidloes, Powys, no windfall was necessary.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

He promptly took advantage of the windfall by purchasing a beautiful eighteenth-century Tassini viola, lest the money be snatched away as abruptly and mysteriously as it had arrived.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

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