windfall
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Local officials said the windfall for teachers, funded by a portion of the parish’s sales tax, reflects an influx of economic activity that is helping to revitalize a slumping region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
His policy chief grumbled that part of the chip makers’ windfall should fund a “national dividend.”
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The UK government says it plans to replace the windfall tax by 2030.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
You’re paying the monthly equivalent of a cellphone bill or a meal out for two people in exchange for a possible windfall.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
It occurred to him that he took this windfall in a fashion dangerously close to matter of fact but still he said what he had said before.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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