as in benefit
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 windfall
The moment carved into stone what investors had been writing down in pencil: All this investment into AI computing power was going to create a windfall for Nvidia, whose cutting-edge graphics processing units, or GPUs, were used to train ChatGPT.
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 May 2025
But the prospect of a financial windfall has revived Trump’s interest, while conservatives believe that government control, prompted by the 2008 financial crisis, should never have lasted 17 years.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Despite higher global energy prices, gas exports brought in around $12 billion over those four years—less than Azerbaijan earned from oil in a single year, as surging prices delivered a much larger windfall.
—Zaur Shiriyev, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
Despite Connecticut being on pace to close this fiscal year with the second-largest surplus in state history, a nearly $2.4 billion windfall according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration, officials are wary of providing tax relief in the next budget.
—Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 May 2025
But the prospect of a financial windfall has revived Trump’s interest, while conservatives believe that government control, prompted by the 2008 financial crisis, should never have lasted 17 years.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Despite higher global energy prices, gas exports brought in around $12 billion over those four years—less than Azerbaijan earned from oil in a single year, as surging prices delivered a much larger windfall.
—Zaur Shiriyev, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
Despite Connecticut being on pace to close this fiscal year with the second-largest surplus in state history, a nearly $2.4 billion windfall according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration, officials are wary of providing tax relief in the next budget.
—Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windfall
Noun
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Lost baggage has a maximum benefit of $2,500 per person.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
1 June 2025
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The attraction includes affordability, access to nature, and the growing food and drink scene — all of which benefit visitors, too.—
David Allan,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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At the time, did you guys view Shane’s near-instant firing from Saturday Night Live a bummer or a blessing?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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And Trump’s powerful need to not be held accountable has been a kind of blessing (oddly defined) for the economy.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Read on to learn why upping your intake of resistant starch can be a boon for your gut and beyond and exactly how to get more of this good stuff into your diet.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
29 May 2025
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The presence of more premium seating and luxury suites in the current Yankee Stadium has been a boon for the franchise.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
29 May 2025
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Neither Hezbollah nor the state had come to survey the extensive damage, although Hezbollah had given Abdullah and others who had lost their homes between twelve thousand to fourteen thousand dollars apiece, part of what the group’s leader called a gift from Iran.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Even occasional summer watering will kill it or shorten its life, which is only about four or five years anyway, but wow, what a gift to hummingbirds and other pollinators, not to mention anyone who loves a dramatic, fragrant garden.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Windfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windfall. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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