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windfall

[wind-fawl] / ˈwɪndˌfɔl /


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Here’s what I have learned from my windfall.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

For those with LNG facilities outside of the Gulf, this has offered an earnings windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The chancellor is expected to use a windfall tax on banks to fund a package of spending measures to help households manage rising energy bills.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Adidas ADS 0.13%increase; green up pointing triangle lifted its profit guidance for the year after receiving a windfall of around $220 million from U.S. tariff refunds and delivering a record quarterly performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rader was in charge of the $70-million-a-year windfall that the Church was bringing in, mostly from tithing its members.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

SpaceX was among the most widely held investments across schools, according to endowment executives, making its record-breaking IPO one of the great windfalls for American endowments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Do you think investors are going to write off these massive AI windfalls, or write them down?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

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


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