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windfall

[wind-fawl] / ˈwɪndˌfɔl /


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OpenAI’s public debut is expected to deliver a windfall to its backers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Plenty of ideas are already in the air about how to spend the windfall: new pavements, renovating the school or offering home-help services.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

But less and less of that windfall reaches the millions of Sudanese it once sustained.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Vulcan, which at the time had fewer than 50 employees, said it would use the windfall to build a large new facility that would churn out thousands of tons of magnets a year.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin




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