windfall
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Vulcan, which at the time had fewer than 50 employees, said it would use the windfall to build a large new facility that would churn out thousands of tons of magnets a year.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
And that is before much of the expected windfall from tariff refunds kicks in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The suggestion by a Korean member of parliament last week of a windfall tax on chip manufacturers was enough to prompt a 5% drop in the Kospi in a matter of hours.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Do they mostly see it as a chance to make a windfall, or are they unsettled because of the volatility in the market and the fact that their end customers are suffering?
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The edge of the lake a riprap of twisted stumps, gray and weathered, the windfall trees of a hurricane years past.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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