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windfall

[wind-fawl] / ˈwɪndˌfɔl /


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It's due to be replaced in 2030 by another windfall tax, which operators like more because it's only triggered when prices are high and falls back when they are low.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

After all, even with a financial windfall, nobody wants to be blindsided by a large tax bill or higher Medicare costs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 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

That windfall could deepen the roots of the game domestically, Canada Soccer says, through more funding for youth participation, coaching development, and support for senior and youth national teams.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The edge of the lake a riprap of twisted stumps, gray and weathered, the windfall trees of a hurricane years past.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.

From Salon Jun. 19, 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

Startup cultures and learning opportunities are hit-or-miss, just like those equity stakes that may or may not produce windfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Use windfalls: Tax refunds, bonuses, side income, the occasional unexpected check.

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

As a European cyclotron center, it would be joined by Frederic Joliot’s lab in Paris, Bohr’s in Copenhagen, and then, miraculously, by the Cavendish, which in 1936 found itself “wallowing in cash” from two windfalls.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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