windfall

Samsung Electronics was obliged to offer employees windfall payments to prevent industrial action.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Add to that the fact that U.S. companies are earning gobs of money, and the windfall isn’t limited to the likes of Microsoft or Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

While a $44 million pre-seed funding round for one Chinese start-up may seem like a sudden windfall, it is actually the latest salvo in a tightening global race.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

SpaceX’s compensation philosophy historically favored equity over cash salaries, so this windfall extends well beyond executives and engineers to include nontechnical staff, entry-level workers and even cafeteria employees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

The laundry workers earned 40 cents an hour, ranking them among the lowest paid of all war workers, but with few job options available to them, it felt like a windfall.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

Lim Chae-hoon, the sales head of a BMW dealership in Seoul, said his customers frequently mention their stock windfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

On Tuesday, social-media feeds were littered with memes about lucky individual investors celebrating their sudden windfalls, including those who were sitting on just one or two SpaceX shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Use windfalls: Tax refunds, bonuses, side income, the occasional unexpected check.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 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