windfall
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The deployment has been a much-needed economic windfall for the country and a geopolitical win, according to Lim Soo-ho, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Strategy, in Seoul.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Among those who expect to receive an inheritance or financial gift, 43% say their retirement planning depends a great deal on that expected windfall, LendingTree found.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Chalk the good times up to a confluence of fortunate events: red-hot artificial-intelligence spending, federal spending and the windfall companies are getting in the form of refunds of some of their past tariff payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
That historic windfall has increasingly drawn Nvidia into bankrolling AI expansion through investments in startups.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
"You know, ashes scattered to the winds, so the one who wins the windfall gets— Oh, never mind."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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Do you think investors are going to write off these massive AI windfalls, or write them down?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Pacific island nations are divided on whether deep-sea mining will deliver economic windfalls, or environmental catastrophe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Refiners PBF Energy and Valero also reported windfalls, with the latter earning $3.7 billion, another fivefold increase from the year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Lim Chae-hoon, the sales head of a BMW dealership in Seoul, said his customers frequently mention their stock windfalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
After that he always stuffed his pockets with windfalls.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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