as in benefits
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing
hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker
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Recent Examples of windfalls
Retail businesses celebrate While the central bank frets, some businesses are already preparing for these workers to spend their windfalls at their stores.
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Lim Hui Jie,blair Baek,
CNBC,
20 June 2026
Because of that, revenues are prone to volatility, hinging on capital gains from investments, bonuses to executives and windfalls from new stock offerings, and are notoriously difficult for the state to predict.
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Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.
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Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
18 June 2026
That extra revenue came from strong tax collections, capital gains windfalls and federal pandemic aid, producing some of the largest budget surpluses in state history.
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Benjamin F. Henwood,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
That extra revenue came from strong tax collections, capital gains windfalls and federal pandemic aid, producing some of the largest budget surpluses in state history.
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Benjamin F. Henwood,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
Supporters have argued that any actions that put universities’ financial windfalls from athletics in jeopardy could be enough to move the needle.
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Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
Short-sighted selloffs mandated by Washington for short-term windfalls undermine those efforts.
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John Hickenlooper,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
On rare occasions, books expected to be midlist titles become unexpected bestsellers, providing big revenue windfalls for their publisher.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
Lim Hui Jie,blair Baek,
CNBC,
20 June 2026
Because of that, revenues are prone to volatility, hinging on capital gains from investments, bonuses to executives and windfalls from new stock offerings, and are notoriously difficult for the state to predict.
—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The investments covered in the ledger were tiny percentages of SpaceX but would have generated windfalls.
—
Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
18 June 2026
That extra revenue came from strong tax collections, capital gains windfalls and federal pandemic aid, producing some of the largest budget surpluses in state history.
—
Benjamin F. Henwood,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
That extra revenue came from strong tax collections, capital gains windfalls and federal pandemic aid, producing some of the largest budget surpluses in state history.
—
Benjamin F. Henwood,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
Supporters have argued that any actions that put universities’ financial windfalls from athletics in jeopardy could be enough to move the needle.
—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
Short-sighted selloffs mandated by Washington for short-term windfalls undermine those efforts.
—
John Hickenlooper,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
On rare occasions, books expected to be midlist titles become unexpected bestsellers, providing big revenue windfalls for their publisher.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windfalls
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Located on the third largest reef in the world, Small Hope Bay Lodge is an unparalleled rustic eco-resort with all of the benefits of an extremely family-friendly all-inclusive.
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But de Liedekerke stressed that the potential benefits of regenerative agriculture go beyond climate change.
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Although both of their families tried to stop them, George and Louise eventually got their parents' blessings.
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Azcona, 47, said those who visit her botanica for blessings and spiritual cleansings have felt shunned in traditional religious settings, either because of their sexuality, tattoos or other factors.
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Programs like this are massive boons to parents who are often stranded without pediatric advice in between their hospital visits.
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Today’s space industry, too, offers many economic boons, with companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin employing thousands.
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An appeals court in April sentenced Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, to four years in prison after convicting her on various charges, including receiving luxury gifts from a Unification Church official.
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To surrender to those gifts, as Rowland put it, was to shatter boundaries that had previously kept Black artists segregated to genre and medium.
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Nor slashing domestic draft bonuses from last year’s payout of $401 million to $200 million.
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Since the Labour Party took office in 2024, average weekly pay, adjusted for inflation and excluding bonuses, has inched up less than 1% to £494 ($651), according to the UK statistics office — hardly better than the growth since 2019.
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