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
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The lack of penalties has been missing in Buddie’s mind and much of it has to do with the NCAA losing countless legal battles, which led the organization stepping away from enforcing things like improper benefits and stepping aside for the CSC to handle it.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2025
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The benefits are clear: Automation can reduce manual work, speed up decision making and minimize errors.—
Kenzie Biggins,
Forbes.com,
12 June 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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In the more traditional sales channel for the category, department stores, it’s also been a boon.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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Musk’s place at the center of Trump’s orbit had, in some ways, been a boon for Republicans.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
8 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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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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“Windfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windfall. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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