windfall

The proposal will appeal to many nations, particularly those lower down the football food chain, for whom a £15m windfall would be more than they would ordinarily make over several years.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

A classic study published in 1990 by future Nobel laureate Richard Thaler and psychologist Eric Johnson found that people are much more likely to gamble after they’ve just gained a windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Whatever you do, enjoy investing and spending your windfall.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Advisers used to work in the windfall from downsizing and lower housing costs into clients’ financial plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

Social-media was littered with memes about lucky investors celebrating their windfalls, including those with just one or two SpaceX shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Some employees will spend their windfalls on housing, and some will spend it on other things — but large liquidity events like this do have meaningful effects on local real-estate markets,” said Zhao.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026

The valuations of all three companies have ballooned in recent years, meaning the investors are anticipating massive windfalls that some now worry will never materialize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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