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windfall

[wind-fawl] / ˈwɪndˌfɔl /


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Officials designed the deal to quickly spur production rather than to net taxpayers a major windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Both sales and earnings have stagnated over that time, so shareholders will likely welcome the windfall offered by the company’s new private-equity ownership.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Whether “The End of Oak Street” is the prehistoric windfall they’re hoping for remains to be seen.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

The latest windfall is so generous it has stunned even Wall Street, where the stock prices of the private health-insurance giants involved in the program rocketed in response.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

That's it, that has to be it: 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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