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bonanza

[buh-nan-zuh, boh-] / bəˈnæn zə, boʊ- /
NOUN
windfall
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The Metro covers the hunt for eclipse glasses, dubbing it Black Wednesday as the demand for specs to watch the solar eclipse has resulted in a "money-making bonanza" for shops.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Hong Kong has been one of the hottest global markets for IPOs, raising money for companies and bringing a bonanza for early investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

European banks may not receive quite the same impetus from mega IPOs and the AI capex bonanza as their U.S. counterparts but this is reflected in the significantly lower valuations attached to them.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

It was turned into a cash bonanza for Focus Features, part of Hollywood studio Universal, which bought the distribution rights for $15 million at the Toronto Film Festival last year.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

If the rise of farming was thus a bonanza for our microbes, the rise of cities was a greater one, as still more densely packed human populations festered under even worse sanitation conditions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The researchers suggest that these young eagles could be taking advantage of seasonal food bonanzas such as spawning salmon, nesting waterfowl, or carcasses of large mammals.

From Science Daily Dec. 11, 2025

What is remarkable is that these multi-team weekend bonanzas are hardly a coincidence anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Some merchants — a cheesemonger, a produce vendor, a baker — said that they had long counted local householders as their main customers, but that picnic-sized portions for tourists yielded cash bonanzas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024

It didn’t erase all that went sideways during the losses, or even prior victories that were goal-scoring bonanzas in which defensive play was abandoned.

From Seattle Times Dec. 21, 2022

The irresistible law of gravity distributed these sulphates, these oxides, and these carbonates in vast bonanzas, that have been the wonder of the world.

From Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various




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