windfall

When SpaceX went public this June at a $1.77 trillion valuation, Rupireddy’s dream of a windfall seemed within reach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Most companies are choosing to hold on to the windfall, rather than reinvesting in production, Tom Ellacott, vice president of corporate research at Wood Mackenzie, said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The data centre boom is generating windfall gains for companies largely overlooked by investors, offering a bright spot in a market rattled by concerns over AI's impact on India's export-oriented tech sector.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

This pay-as-you-go approach is the result of legislation in 1939 that tied benefits to average earnings over a minimum period of coverage, and that rewarded early generations with windfall returns on their contributions.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Leaves and windfall pears had piled up beneath the trees.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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

Social-media was littered with memes about lucky investors celebrating their windfalls, including those with just one or two SpaceX shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 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