windfall
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Since then, Patricia has chosen a very different path—one of travel and reflection — funded largely by a windfall from shares she received when her former employer went public.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
For now, higher oil prices are providing a windfall to Alaska’s state budget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
On Tuesday the chancellor could also announce increases to the so-called windfall tax on electricity generators, which was introduced in 2023.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Both the car repairs and storage shed were expensive, and they needed a miraculous financial windfall to afford it.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the FOURTH.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
Vocabulary lists containing windfall
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