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Recent Examples of windfall September was a windfall month for the world’s wealthiest. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025 But the ones who benefit the most are clearly the 32 owners who currently have teams and can land an enormous windfall with a sale at any time. James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Earlier this year, an offhand comment from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sparked speculation that the government’s gold hoard would be marked to market, releasing a windfall of hundreds of billions of dollars. Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 Plus, the cash payouts can feel like windfalls when your account value is shrinking. Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windfall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windfall
Noun
  • The Social Security Administration will continue to issue retirement and disability benefits, but will furlough 12% of its staff and pause marketing campaigns, according to the agency’s shutdown plan.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Other benefits — like health insurance or leave policies — are also unequally distributed.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Your privacy is a blessing right now, Libra.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The rejection turned out to be a blessing for Weiss.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With potential regulatory fights to come, this is a potential boon and is a way of circumventing content quotas and other obligations that European countries want to establish.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • MrBeast has proven a boon for some on East Carolina’s campus, but especially for the school itself.
    Chris Quintana, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Between travel, accommodations, attire and gifts, the average cost per wedding guest in 2024 was $610, according to The Knot.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And with the holidays right around the corner, keep in mind that a sweet-smelling scented candle gift makes a lovely present for just about anyone on your list—from a coworker to your votive-loving mom.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Windfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windfall. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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