windfall

Example Sentences

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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 promised windfall at both firms has sharply elevated the social status of chip engineers in South Korea.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The suggestion by a Korean member of parliament last week of a windfall tax on chip manufacturers was enough to prompt a 5% drop in the Kospi in a matter of hours.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 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