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windfall

[wind-fawl] / ˈwɪndˌfɔl /


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The Moneyist weighs in on a couple split by an unexpected windfall.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Here’s what I have learned from my windfall.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Both oil companies plan to remain conservative in their spending by cutting debt and strengthening their balance sheets despite the cash windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

She saw him from the kitchen window that afternoon gathering early windfall apples and dropping them in a burlap bag.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

Some of the firms scored their windfalls due to their closeness to founders like Musk, raising questions about whether they will have the same access to future entrepreneurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The early apples were now ripening, and the grass of the orchard was littered with windfalls.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell


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