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Ishbia expanded his business even when rivals hunkered down, saying he was setting UWM up for a windfall when interest rates dropped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

It is true we have no right to this windfall.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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

SpaceX is among the most widely held investments across colleges and universities, endowment executives say, likely making the rocket company’s coming IPO one of the great windfalls for American endowments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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